About Four Anxious Armadillos:
Journey with Nilda, a small nine-banded armadillo, as she works her way through Argentina on a quest to cure herself of anxiety and fear. Meet the anxious armadillo friends who share the adventure with her through the Pampas, the rainforest and the great Iguazu Falls. The armadillos face their anxieties and fears together, meeting a jaguar, an anaconda, a gaucho, and a wise sloth. Their perceived weaknesses become their strengths as they ultimately learn about the empowerment of friendship in this delightful chapter book. Young readers will follow the armadillos’ quest across the varied terrain of Argentina while picking up some anxiety coping skills, regional Spanish expressions, a bit of geography, and fun facts about four very unique species of armadillos.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Author Bio:
Lauri Cruver Cherian is an author and educator, teaching English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education to children and adults for 30 years. She is from Washington State but has been transplanted to South Texas for the last 30 years. Lauri has been a master teacher and a leader of workshops in adult ESL education across South Texas. She is the recipient of several teacher of the year awards including Bilingual Teacher of the Year for Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston, Texas. When she isn’t writing stories or poems, she is volunteer teaching adult ESL in her community, participating in community theater, volunteering at the Center for Arts and Sciences and the Planetarium, playing the piano, singing, or traveling. In 2022, Lauri published her debut chapbook of poetry called, Poems of the Point, a tribute to growing up on the beach in her hometown of Gig Harbor, Washington. In 2023, she published her full-length poetry book, Brave as Thistles, a collection of poems about becoming brave through life’s mid-life messiness. In May of 2024, Lauri published her children’s chapter book for grades 2-6, Four Anxious Armadillos, a delightful tale of four species of armadillos on an adventure in Argentina in search of a cure for anxiety. Four Anxious Armadillos is 2024 Storytrade Award Finalist for Children Middle Grade Fiction for 8–12-year-olds.
Great book, I could feel the anxiety of these precious armadillos