An Armadillo on My Pillow


Children - Animals
32 Pages
Reviewed on 01/15/2020
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Author Biography

Author Deborah Stevenson and illustrator Morgan Spicer have won numerous awards for their children’s books, including Best Children’s Non-Fiction Book, Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Soaring Soren: When French Bulldogs Fly and Feathered Quill’s Best Children’s Animal Book for Oy, Elephants! and The Last Rhino. Their mutual passion for animals is the heart and soul of their collaboration, as well as their strong desire to share that passion with children.

Deborah’s books convey positive messages about believing in your abilities—to achieve your goals, to make positive differences, to be kind to yourself and to others. Deb loves encouraging children to embrace imagination, humor, and compassion.

Deb has a few too many dogs, but wouldn’t trade any of them, and enjoys training for and competing in the sport of dog agility.

    Book Review

Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite

Miranda knows there is something unusual about her room. There are creatures in the room that do not belong there and a small armadillo is asleep by her head. He is softly snoring on her pillow and down by her feet is a real capybara. There is a mongoose on the trail of a copperhead snake and on the dresser is an owl wearing a shower cap. Miranda can also see a bat upside down, eating a banana. There are more creatures inside and there are more creatures in the yard and in her bathroom. Her mom calls her for breakfast and she realizes there is only Chico, her dog. She tells her mother about what she has seen. Her mom tells her she is already late and has to get ready for school so that she does not miss the bus. Would she make it in time or should she stay back to watch the lemurs performing in the pool? Let's go on this wild and exhilarating adventure with Miranda.

An Armadillo On My Pillow by Deborah Stevenson is a funny book filled with a lot of action and fun where young readers learn about a lot of creatures in an adorable way. The story will make children dream and imagine like Miranda. Morgan Spicer brings the characters and the events alive with wonderful illustrations that make the story captivating. Illustrations always have their own charm when it comes to pulling children into a story and the pictures in this book do just that. Children will enjoy the wild fantasy journey along with Miranda as well as learning the names of new creatures. The Scavenger Hunt exercise at the end of the story will have readers excited as they try to find out the answers to the questions.