Lauri Cruver Cherian's Blog

I'm pleased to announce that my children's chapter book, Four Anxious Armadillos has been chosen as a finalist in the Storytrade Awards for craft, excellence and innovation.

As I talk with teens and children since the pandemic, I have observed them describe themselves as anxious. They feel anxious about the future, anxious about school, and anxious about relationships. It's important to talk these feelings out with your children. That is one reason why I wrote Four Anxious Armadillos. I wanted to equip kids and families with coping skills when they have anxious thoughts. I want them to ask themselves, what is the worst thing that can happen? Often our mind imagines the worst, but when we are able to speak about it, we often see that it is not as bad as we have imagined. This book takes kids on a journey through Argentina with four armadillo friends, but more than that, it will take them on a journey of understanding and dealing with their own anxiety.

As I talk with teens and children since the pandemic, I have observed them describe themselves as anxious. They feel anxious about the future, anxious about school, and anxious about relationships. It's important to talk these feelings out with your children. That is one reason why I wrote Four Anxious Armadillos. I wanted to equip kids and families with coping skills when they have anxious thoughts. I want them to ask themselves, what is the worst thing that can happen? Often our mind imagines the worst, but when we are able to speak about it, we often see that it is not as bad as we have imagined. This book takes kids on a journey through Argentina with four armadillo friends, but more than that, it will take them on a journey of understanding and dealing with their own anxiety.

Hello Friends,
I would like to introduce my third book, Four Anxious Armadillos. It's a tale of four armored friends on an adventure in Argentina. Their quest for a cure for anxiety takes them to the rainforest, the Pampas and the Iguazu Falls. While on their adventure, they meet up with a jaguar, an anaconda, a gaucho and much more! Meet four species of armadillos who have every unique ways of handling stress. Along the journey, you too will learn some Spanish, geography, anxiety coping skills, and fun facts about four types of armadillos. Great family read aloud. Good for Spanish speakers and those who want to learn! You will fall in love with these four anxious armadillos! Available for preorder now on Bookbaby bookshop and very soon on Amazon and most other online bookstores.

How about adding Brave As Thistles and Poems of the Point to your goodreads reading list this summer? And after you have read them, I'd like to hear from you!

Brave As Thistles book launch tomorrow!

Hi Goodreads friends, have you asked yourself, what does it mean to journey through life bravely? My collection of poetry, Brave As Thistles, is about just that. Pre-order your copy today! If you are a lover of the beach, orca, eagles, and the PNW, add my other book, Poems of the Point.