Armadillo Rodeo

This book is about Bo the armadillo and his very bad eyesight, Bo mistakes a pair of red cowboy boots as another armadillow and goes on an adventure to find these boots. He comes across many adventures on the way only to realize the boots were not an armadillo after all. The story does a great job

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of incorporating the surroundings and cultures found in Texas. The illustrations are very detailed and vivid as well.

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This is a really great book. I love the rhythm, and the language choices, and I love Bo's adventurous attitude!

As always with Brett, be sure to check out the signature pictures on the sides of the pages that show what Bo's mama is doing as he has fun.

I will note that this book is very interesting

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to my NYC nieces. If we only read books about people who live like us and do like us our reading options (and our horizons) would be very limited indeed. Bo in this book is myopic, but he likes to learn new things anyway!

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This book is about a mother armadillo that tells her children to not get distracted so that they dont stray away from here, but there always has to be that one. In Armadillo Rodeo Bo sees a girl that has on a pair of red shiny boots, which he mistakens for another armadillo. He begins to follow the

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boots not knowing or thinking about all the dangers that lay ahead of him. Aftter Bo finally realizes that the boots arent another armadillo he meets his mother again.

Growing up this was one of my all time favirotes. I knew the children would love it and keep there intrest.

In the classroom I would have the children to create a pair of red shiny boots!

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Join Bo as he follows his new "friend", a shiny red boot, around the ranch for a rootin-tootin good time. As Bo follows his new friend, he experiences all types of new things while his poor mother searches for her curious son.

Bo the armadillo gets distracted and finds what he thinks to be a new friend, a red armadillo. Bo follows Harmony and her boots for an adventure. Ma armadillo is following , and brings him home.

This book I used for my third read aloud and is very good for rodeo season since the children can relate to it. This book is a story about an armadillo who see's a bright red pair of boots and thinks that it's an armadillo and goes after them. The armadillo can't see very well but goes everywhere

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the red boots go thinking that he has made a new friend. Ma and his brothers are chasing after him to make sure he is ok. Bo finally realizes that the boots are not an armadillo and goes home with his family but is glad he had a good adventure.

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I will use this book to talk about the impotance of staying with their parents when they asked them to do it. They class will disscuss the bad things that could happened to Bo.

Jan takes us to Texas for this rip-snorting adventure of an adolescent armadillo enamored by a pair of bright red cowboy boots. Thinking that the boots are his new friend, he chases them over the creek, to a rodeo, to a Bar-B-Q, and even a dance—until he finally realizes that it is an empty

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friendship and is reunited with his family. The rope framed illustrations of the armored armadillos are delightful.

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Bo is an armadillo who seems to always get lost. One afternoon he followed Harmony Jean to the rodeo thinking her red boots were an armadillo. Bo climbed onto her pony but, was soon thrown off, he then decided to follow her to go eat Bar-B-Q but, got himself a red-hot, bright-green jalapeno pepper

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that set his mouth on fire. Harmony Jean finally settled in with her friends so she took her boots off so Bo soon realized that her red boot was not an armadillo. His mother soon found him and they all went home.

I thought the book was very well written. On the back it says it is for ages 4 and up but I read it to my 2 year old and he loved it. Overall I would definitely read it to my students one day. The book kept me thinking what was going to happen next so I think it would be a great book to keep kids interested, because they would have to keep listening in order to find out what happens.

1. We could talk about the different animals used in the book. The armadillos and the pony. We could also talk about the safety of being around these animals.
2. We could talk about obedience and why It is important to listen to the person in charge, and talk about why we should never run away from our parents.

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A mother armadillo takes her four boys to dig in the hill country. Bo was the one who was easily distracted and mother armadillo tries to keep a close eye on him. Yet Bo wanders off, following a lizard to a creek. There he finds a little girl wearing shiny high heeled red boots who was trying to

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scuff her boots before the rodeo. After getting her boots muddy she yelled, " look at me". Bo saw the shiny red boots and followed it. In the meantime his mother was looking for him. After the little girl rode her pony, Bo followed her boots to the Bar- B- Q. After their meal the cowhands started a little dancing and Bo followed his friend. As the little girl kicked her feet Bo was thrown in the air. By the time he landed the girl had gone to the campfire and kicked off her shiny red boots. Bo went near the boots and introduced himself to it, but the boots just fell and Bo realised he had mistaken the boots for an armadillo.

I can relate to this book since every year at the end of October the school my children attend have 'western day' and they dress up in western clothes.

Extension 1. Talk to children about family and how parents take care of children.
2. i would have the children paint either the boots or the armadillo and write why they liked it.

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I think this book would be excellent for a book in the bag to teach prediction or a vocabulary awareness lesson which could be focused on Texas terminology. I think students would enjoy listening to the adventures of the armadillo and would relate to the Texas theme. It is a very colorful book.

This book is a very entertaining story about Bo the armadillo that, because of his bad eyesight, follows a red cowboy boot around thinking that it is another armadillo. On his way, he finds adventure as he rides a horse, eats a jalapeno pepper, and learns the two-step. Its illustrations are vivid

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and help younger readers by including foreshadowing in the margins.

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Pretty cute story, and I really liked the colorful illustrations.

Bo the armadillo spends a wild day with his new friend the red armadillo, who actually turns out to be a cowboy boot. It's mom to the rescue when Bo realizes his mistake and wants to go home. I think children would enjoy this book because it features armadillos which are very common in south

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Louisiana. They are not the typical animals that are featured in children's books.

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Continuing my quest to read all the books of this writer/illustrator, once again, I'm in awe of her talent. Her images pop right off the page. The detail is incredibly rich and stunning.

Bo the armadillo is one of many. As he travels along with mother armadillo and his sisters and brothers, he has a

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penchant for wandering. His poor eyesight never stops him from his adventures.

When he sees a pair of red cowboy boots, he mistakes them for a beautiful armadillo and instantly becomes infatuated. Before he learns the truth, as he follows the young girl wearing the boots, he rides in the rodeo, eats a hot pepper, dances and has a wonderful time.

Mamma and siblings search for him and come to his broken-hearted rescue.

The detail shines through in Brett's artwork of the red boots and the numerous scales on the armadillos.

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Bo the Armadillo thinks he spots a shiny red armadillo and chases it down. What he doesn't realize is that red armadillo is actually cowgirl Harmony Jean's fancy new cowboy boot.

This book was about a family of Armadillos, that go on an adventure. These creatures go unnoticed, and discover the wonders of a cowgirls life. They examine all sorts of stuff, including horses, and boots. They end up in the end, together, happy and content.

This would be great for teaching about Texas. The illustrations are beautiful and detailed.

This is a great Texas themed story. Great for Go Texan Day! Students will love the illustrations in this story.

When a wayward armadillo named Bo spies a pair of bright red cowboy boots, he mistakes them for another armadillo, and immediately sets out in pursuit of this alluring potential friend. The boots, on the feet of a little girl named Harmony Jean, lead Bo on a wild adventure through a local rodeo,

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his mother and brothers in hot pursuit...

Prolific picture-book author/artist Jan Brett, perhaps best known for her wintry Scandinavian-inspired tales, turns her attention to Texas in Armadillo Rodeo, delivering an engaging western tale about a somewhat near-sighted armadillo hero and his unexpected encounter with the human world. The artwork, as is to be expected from Brett, is colorful and detailed, with additional scenes captured in the sidebar windows off both sides of the main panel. The result is a book that offers an engrossing visual narrative to accompany the entertaining textual one. Recommended to Brett fans, and to anyone searching for picture-books with a western setting and cultural milieu.

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Very cute- big fan of Jan Brett illustrations. Great book for Texan friends, ha.