Armadillo Antics — Bill Martin Jr.

2022 Gold Medal Recipient of the Moonbeam Award for Best Picture Book in the 4–8-Year-Old CategoryA 2023 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner2023 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, Finalist 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award, Honorable Mention 2023 Reading the West Book Award, Shortlist “Armadillo Antics pays tribute to the night creatures that roamed the woods outside [Martin's and Sampson’s] houses in Commerce, Texas. It’s this nocturnal aspect that the talented Argentine collagist Beauvois captures so beautifully.”—The New York TimesJoin the Armadillo on His Nightly Romp! Children will love the rhythm and rhyme that are hallmarks of the beloved author duo of Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 as they follow the adventurous armadillo through nighttime fun as dawn approaches.Bill Martin Jr was the beloved author of more than three hundred books for children and teachers, including the classics Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.Michael Sampson taught kindergarten through fourth grade before meeting fellow literacy expert Bill Martin Jr at a conference in Tucson, Arizona in 1978. They established a lifelong friendship and collaborated on many bestselling and award-winning books for children, including Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?