- Three Armadillies Tuff, The
- Written by Jackie Mims Hopkins
- Illustrated by S.G. Brooks
- Age 4-8
- Hardcover: $15.95
- ISBN: 978-1-56145-258-3
- Total Pages: 32
- Size: 10 x 9
- Language: English
- Rights: World, except Korea
- Status: active
- Paperback: $7.95
- ISBN: 978-1-56145-598-0
- Total Pages: 32
- Size: 10 x 9
- Language: English
- Rights: World, except Korea
- Status: active
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- Leveling Information
- Accelerated Reader
- AR Quiz#: 57422
- AR Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Points: 0.5
- F&P (Fountas & Pinnell)
- F&P Level: N
- F&P Grade: 3
- Reading Counts
- Reading Counts Level: 3.4
- Reading Counts Points: 2
- Additional Info
- Color Info: Full color throughout
- Categories
- Animals
- Picture Books
- Fiction
- Humor
Three Armadillies Tuff, The
Three fun-loving armadillo sisters—Lilly, Jilly, and Dilly—are eager to cross a busy highway to get to the new dance hall on the other side. To avoid being turned into road kill, they decide to scurry through the culvert that runs under the road.
But inside the culvert lurks a spindly legged coyote with a big appetite for "armadilly chili" and a longing for fine armadillo skin boots and a handbag. The littlest sister, Lilly, manages to fast-talk her way past the coyote, as does her older sister, Jilly. When the coyote sees the size of the eldest, Dilly, she really starts licking her chops. But Dilly Armadilly Tuff is a stubborn gal, and besides, she has her own ideas about what a lonely coyote really needs!
S. G. Brooks' lighthearted, appealing illustrations bring the colorful western characters to life in this spirited retelling of the classic tale, "Three Billy Goats Gruff." Click here to visit The Three Armadillies Tuff website, filled with fun facts and entertaining activities.
Author & Illustrator
Jackie Mims Hopkins is a storyteller, a school librarian and a former teacher. She is the author of several children's books, including The Three Armadillies Tuff and The Gold Miner's Daughter. She lives in Texas.
You can visit Jackie Mims Hopkins’s website here.
S. G. Brooks received a degree in fine arts from the University of Michigan and has worked as an illustrator and mural painter. Brooks is best known as the illustrator of Smokey the Bear. He lives in Washington, DC.
You can visit S.G. Brooks’s website here.
Reviews
“Droll turns of phrase and hints of dialect add fun and flavor to the tale.” ―School Library Journal
“Most Clever-Sounding and Spicy Spin on a Fairy Tale...” ―Publishers Weekly
“...a laugh-out-loud Lone Star spin on the Three Billy Goats Gruff in which three armadillo sisters encounter a coyote and try to avoid getting turned into handbags or becoming roadkill.” ―Indulge Magazine
Awards
Land of Enchantment Book Awards (Master List) ―New Mexico Library Association, New Mexico Council of IRA 2004-2005
Show Me Readers Award (nominee) ―Missouri Association of School Librarians 2004-2005
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