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Armadillo and Hare
Armadillo and Hare
ARMADILLO AND HARE live with their friends in the Big Forest. Hare loves dancing. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves playing the tuba. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves his best friend, Armadillo. Armadillo loves Hare - AND cheese sandwiches!
160 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2018
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May 9, 2021
Armadillo and Hare are friends and they live together in a log cabin in the meadow. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches and Hare loves to eat more healthier and doing exercise to stay fit. Hare is petrified of thunderstorms and Armadillo helps him calm down through a thunderstorm. They are great friends and help each other with different things.
They also happen to meet different animals like a wombat who fixes light bulbs, Jaguar who wants to eat Hare, an elephant who gets stuck in small spaces throughout the book. The book was informative on different animals and what they do and what they eat along with Hare and Armadillo's daily adventures.
A cute, fun and an adorable read. This is one of those books that truly made me curl up on the sofa under a blanket (also it's winter here so that helps). I loved the sweet story about friendship and respecting each other just the way they are and finding companionship in completely unexpected ways. Wow! I can't believe how much there is to learn in this book of just under 150 pages. I adored the art and I just want the Hare's magical tuba that chucks out different things every time Hare blows it. I also wouldn't mind living with Hare and Armadillo. Delightful!
5 stars
They also happen to meet different animals like a wombat who fixes light bulbs, Jaguar who wants to eat Hare, an elephant who gets stuck in small spaces throughout the book. The book was informative on different animals and what they do and what they eat along with Hare and Armadillo's daily adventures.
A cute, fun and an adorable read. This is one of those books that truly made me curl up on the sofa under a blanket (also it's winter here so that helps). I loved the sweet story about friendship and respecting each other just the way they are and finding companionship in completely unexpected ways. Wow! I can't believe how much there is to learn in this book of just under 150 pages. I adored the art and I just want the Hare's magical tuba that chucks out different things every time Hare blows it. I also wouldn't mind living with Hare and Armadillo. Delightful!
5 stars
October 6, 2019
Ik vond het heerlijk om dit (voorlees)boek te lezen. Ik houd ervan om een boek eerst te lezen voor ik het ga voorlezen in de klas. Dus dat heb ik ook met dit boek gedaan. Achteraf was dit niet nodig geweest, want alles is heel duidelijk in het boek en er gebeuren geen gekke dingen.
Gordeldier houdt van kaas. En schildert het liefst ook de hele dag kaas. Samen met Haas woont hij in een huisje in het bos. In het bos wonen nog meer dieren. Gordeldier vindt Jaguar wel aardig, maar is bang dat Jaguar Haas gaat opeten. Dit zorgt voor grappige situaties.
Elk verhaaltje is losstaand, maar het leukste is natuurlijk om het hele boek te lezen. De personages uit elk verhaaltje komen steeds terug. Het boek ademt vriendschap uit. Andere woorden die het boek omschrijven zijn dieren en hartverwarmend.
Gordeldier is heel beschermend, Haas houdt van lezen. Oh en Gordeldier houdt van broodjes kaas! De illustraties maken het hele verhaal af. Gordeldier lijkt wel een rockster (zie cover).
Voorlezen vanaf een jaar of 6, zelf lezen kan ook gemakkelijk vanaf een jaar of 8. Het zijn grote letters. Ik kreeg dit boek als recensie-exemplaar van Uitgeverij Billy Bones.
Gordeldier houdt van kaas. En schildert het liefst ook de hele dag kaas. Samen met Haas woont hij in een huisje in het bos. In het bos wonen nog meer dieren. Gordeldier vindt Jaguar wel aardig, maar is bang dat Jaguar Haas gaat opeten. Dit zorgt voor grappige situaties.
Elk verhaaltje is losstaand, maar het leukste is natuurlijk om het hele boek te lezen. De personages uit elk verhaaltje komen steeds terug. Het boek ademt vriendschap uit. Andere woorden die het boek omschrijven zijn dieren en hartverwarmend.
Gordeldier is heel beschermend, Haas houdt van lezen. Oh en Gordeldier houdt van broodjes kaas! De illustraties maken het hele verhaal af. Gordeldier lijkt wel een rockster (zie cover).
Voorlezen vanaf een jaar of 6, zelf lezen kan ook gemakkelijk vanaf een jaar of 8. Het zijn grote letters. Ik kreeg dit boek als recensie-exemplaar van Uitgeverij Billy Bones.
July 14, 2019
O carte mai închegată, mai dezvoltată și, pentru mine, o surpriză plăcută. Pe parcursul a 150 de pagini, îi vom simți din ce în ce mai aproape pe cei doi prieteni, Tatu (un tatu, desigur) și Țup (un iepuraș), și felul în care ei își redescoperă de fiecare dată prietenia, lucrurile care îi leagă și modul în care interacționează cu natura, vie sau moartă, cu viețuitoarele pădurii. Aventuri, amuzament, o carte care... place.
March 1, 2020
Een mix van Toon Tellegen en Winnie the Pooh. Heel lief en fijn vreemd.
March 31, 2021
This is absolutely adorable! I want to live with Armadillo and Hare.
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October 28, 2019
A quite delightful book about two friends, Hare and Armadillo.
I just couldn't resist picking the book up, the cover looked so much fun and I love stories featuring animals as MCs.
This book contains several stories/chapters with each a new story about these two friends and also about the friends that live near them. Parties and celebrations, floods and friendship.
I have to say I really liked Hare... but I disliked Armadillo. He was tetchy/grumpy and I was just so frustrated with how he acted at times. Sure, he did show that he could also be kind and nice and friendly, but generally he was a grumpy one. Always going on and on about cheese sandwiches to the point that maybe he should find something else to eat and enjoy. Always having something to complain about. Really dude, if the fridge is empty of cheese go get it yourself. If you think you gained weight, do something about it. And then don't complain when someone is helping you out. I am glad that I wasn't the only one who felt the same way, Hare also mentions it at times.
Hare however? I liked him a lot. He fidgets when he is concentrating (by tugging his ears), he loves to read, he was sweet and friendly, and how could I resist a character who can play a magical tuba?
Yes, for real. A magical tuba. That depending on mood and its own will can spew out anything from sparkles to boots to toiletpaper. I had such a laugh when Hare started playing, what would come out this time?
The stories were a perfect length, not too long and not too short.
I loved reading about the other animals in the woods, from Wombat who loves doing tricks on her bike to a hungry jaguar.
There are also illustrations and the style fitted very nicely with the story.
I also like the writing style at times it was, I hope I get this right, written quite eloquently and the dialogues at times felt a bit like reading philosophy. Like the story went much further than just what you see. I hope I explained this one correctly.
All in all, I do hope we get more stories from this duo. And I would recommend this one to all.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I just couldn't resist picking the book up, the cover looked so much fun and I love stories featuring animals as MCs.
This book contains several stories/chapters with each a new story about these two friends and also about the friends that live near them. Parties and celebrations, floods and friendship.
I have to say I really liked Hare... but I disliked Armadillo. He was tetchy/grumpy and I was just so frustrated with how he acted at times. Sure, he did show that he could also be kind and nice and friendly, but generally he was a grumpy one. Always going on and on about cheese sandwiches to the point that maybe he should find something else to eat and enjoy. Always having something to complain about. Really dude, if the fridge is empty of cheese go get it yourself. If you think you gained weight, do something about it. And then don't complain when someone is helping you out. I am glad that I wasn't the only one who felt the same way, Hare also mentions it at times.
Hare however? I liked him a lot. He fidgets when he is concentrating (by tugging his ears), he loves to read, he was sweet and friendly, and how could I resist a character who can play a magical tuba?
Yes, for real. A magical tuba. That depending on mood and its own will can spew out anything from sparkles to boots to toiletpaper. I had such a laugh when Hare started playing, what would come out this time?
The stories were a perfect length, not too long and not too short.
I loved reading about the other animals in the woods, from Wombat who loves doing tricks on her bike to a hungry jaguar.
There are also illustrations and the style fitted very nicely with the story.
I also like the writing style at times it was, I hope I get this right, written quite eloquently and the dialogues at times felt a bit like reading philosophy. Like the story went much further than just what you see. I hope I explained this one correctly.
All in all, I do hope we get more stories from this duo. And I would recommend this one to all.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
July 18, 2019
Jeremy Strong heeft al een groot aantal grappige, spannende kinderboeken geschreven en deze samenwerking met illustratrice Rebecca Bagley levert wederom een heel mooi voorleesboek op. Hare (Haas) en Armadillo (Gordeldier) wonen samen in een kleine blokhut in het grote bos. Haas houdt van boeken, avontuur, dansen, tubaspelen en Gordeldier houdt vooral van kaas. En van Haas. Samen beleven ze van alles: het lampje in de koelkast gaat stuk, ze maken nieuwe vriendjes en geven een verjaardagsfeestje voor Niemand, er komt een jaguar langs en een grote storm zorgt voor een overstroming. Gelukkig zijn ze altijd samen. Het boek bevat tien fijne, korte verhalen met droge humor, waardoor het een leuk voorleesboek is, ook voor volwassenen. De verhalen zijn fantasievol en gemoedelijk, en hebben af en toe iets mafs. De schitterende, sfeervolle illustraties bevatten zo hun eigen grapjes en geven een leuk beeld aan het leven van Haas en Gordeldier. Heel geschikt om voor te lezen vanaf een jaar of drie en om zelf te lezen vanaf zeven jaar.
May 17, 2020
This was lovely. Read with both my five and three-year-old and they both enjoyed it. Good stories and lovely illustrations. It's sweet and funny and makes a great follow up to the Frog and Toad books and Narwhal and Jelly.
April 11, 2021
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December 5, 2020
This book was Hilarious 😆 Okay ✅ I’m sorry 😞 to say this but I’m not really a fan of a cheese sandwich (sorry Armadillo). Anyways I really wanna read the part 2 if really is one ☝️ so I loved so book 📖 so much and you should read this book to you would really like it!!!!!!!!!!🙂🙂🙂🙂☺️😉😗😝🤓🥳
September 26, 2020
Armadillo and Hare has all the warmth and charm of the Frog and Toad adventures by Arnold Lobel. Two friends spending time together at home, enjoying days out and learning valuable and meaningful lessons about life.
Despite their differences, Armadillo and Hare are the best of friends. Armadillo enjoys sitting around in his chair, thinking about cheese and eating cheese. Hare is full of energy, plays the tuba and always looks rather dapper. Written as ten short stories, Armadillo and Hare enjoys days out together, deal with problems at home and ponder things about the world - both big and small. Along the way they meet lots of animals including a bicycle-riding wombat, a jaguar with some very sharp teeth, a stick insect that is very hard to spot, a giraffe, an elephant, a lobster and a tortoise.
The ten stories are light-hearted and funny and Jeremy Strong presents characters that are very likeable and relatable. Dig a bit deeper and readers will find messages and lessons on friendship, health and well-being, facing fears, loneliness and death. Armadillo and Hare certainly give readers a lot to think about.
This is an ideal early chapter book and a great read for those children who are moving on to longer length books. Each chapter is a short story about a specific adventure of Armadillo and Hare and there is a valuable life lesson woven into each tale. The text is nicely spaced out so as not to overwhelm young readers and Rebecca Bagley’s delightful illustrations that are frequently dotted throughout the book are a great accompaniment to the text and perfectly capture the different personalities of Armadillo and Hare.
What I really like about the book is that even though it is targeted at a young audience, Jeremy Strong immerses readers in delicious language and rich vocabulary.
A perfectly pitched read and I can see this book being enjoyed time and time again, much like I did with my Frog and Toad books when I was a child.
Recommended for 6+.
Despite their differences, Armadillo and Hare are the best of friends. Armadillo enjoys sitting around in his chair, thinking about cheese and eating cheese. Hare is full of energy, plays the tuba and always looks rather dapper. Written as ten short stories, Armadillo and Hare enjoys days out together, deal with problems at home and ponder things about the world - both big and small. Along the way they meet lots of animals including a bicycle-riding wombat, a jaguar with some very sharp teeth, a stick insect that is very hard to spot, a giraffe, an elephant, a lobster and a tortoise.
The ten stories are light-hearted and funny and Jeremy Strong presents characters that are very likeable and relatable. Dig a bit deeper and readers will find messages and lessons on friendship, health and well-being, facing fears, loneliness and death. Armadillo and Hare certainly give readers a lot to think about.
This is an ideal early chapter book and a great read for those children who are moving on to longer length books. Each chapter is a short story about a specific adventure of Armadillo and Hare and there is a valuable life lesson woven into each tale. The text is nicely spaced out so as not to overwhelm young readers and Rebecca Bagley’s delightful illustrations that are frequently dotted throughout the book are a great accompaniment to the text and perfectly capture the different personalities of Armadillo and Hare.
What I really like about the book is that even though it is targeted at a young audience, Jeremy Strong immerses readers in delicious language and rich vocabulary.
A perfectly pitched read and I can see this book being enjoyed time and time again, much like I did with my Frog and Toad books when I was a child.
Recommended for 6+.
August 31, 2020
“[Hare’s] fur was on end and his ears twisted together in a frantic spiral. A few moments later the thunderclap sent his ears spiralling together in the opposite direction.” P. 51
“...now we will do our exercises. You stand there, Armadillo, and do what I do... [Armadillo] got a bit out of breath” p.10
“Halfway home Armadillo met Hare who was carrying two umbrellas... “I was sure you’d get battered by all that hail,” said Hare a little anxiously.” P. 128-9
“I’m on the bush right in front of you, near the top. You see the white flower? It’s on the end of the twig I’m standing on. I’m going to wave four legs now. Wait a moment. It’s a bit difficult. I’ve only got two legs left to hang on with. OK, here goes” the Invisible Stick Insect P. 89
“...now we will do our exercises. You stand there, Armadillo, and do what I do... [Armadillo] got a bit out of breath” p.10
“Halfway home Armadillo met Hare who was carrying two umbrellas... “I was sure you’d get battered by all that hail,” said Hare a little anxiously.” P. 128-9
“I’m on the bush right in front of you, near the top. You see the white flower? It’s on the end of the twig I’m standing on. I’m going to wave four legs now. Wait a moment. It’s a bit difficult. I’ve only got two legs left to hang on with. OK, here goes” the Invisible Stick Insect P. 89
December 10, 2020
"Vanuit een egaal grijze lucht viel nu al dagenlang regen. Iedereen bleef noodgedwongen binnen. Na een poosje sloeg de verveling toe. Gordeldier had acht stillevens van boterhammen met kaas gemaakt. Haas had vijftien boeken gelezen. Hoewel hij binnen geen tuba mocht spelen, deed hij het toch. Wat moest hij anders? Hij speelde kalmpjes een druilerig melodietje."
Tien verhalen over Gordeldier en Haas (Armadillo and Hare), die samen in het bos wonen en elkaars beste vrienden zijn. De vertaling is prachtig! Rijk qua woordenschat en uitdrukkingen. Alsof dit boek van oorsprong Nederlands was. Een vriendelijk, warm boek dat erg doet denken aan de verhalen van Kikker en Pad van Arnold Lobel.
Tien verhalen over Gordeldier en Haas (Armadillo and Hare), die samen in het bos wonen en elkaars beste vrienden zijn. De vertaling is prachtig! Rijk qua woordenschat en uitdrukkingen. Alsof dit boek van oorsprong Nederlands was. Een vriendelijk, warm boek dat erg doet denken aan de verhalen van Kikker en Pad van Arnold Lobel.
January 31, 2024
Personajul meu preferat era pantera și insecta-băț
Pe mine m-a surprins cel mai mult că lui Tatu îi plac mult sandvișurile cu brânză
pentru că, în viața reală animalul tatu nu mănâncă brânză. Este un mister pentru că
eu personal nu știu ce mânca. Eu cred că mănâncă plante sau legume.
La finalul cărți iei numai se plimbau pentru că era un potop acum câteva zile. Iei trebuiau sa stea în casă pentru că potopul ia luat casa cu totul de-a lungul
zilelor și au adunat animalele următoare: girafa, capybara, elefant, și o panteră.
Panterei i-au dat o pluta pentru că le era frică să nu îi mănânce.
Nu aș schimba finalul pentru că mi se părea că a sunat bine și că a fost ok.
Pe mine m-a surprins cel mai mult că lui Tatu îi plac mult sandvișurile cu brânză
pentru că, în viața reală animalul tatu nu mănâncă brânză. Este un mister pentru că
eu personal nu știu ce mânca. Eu cred că mănâncă plante sau legume.
La finalul cărți iei numai se plimbau pentru că era un potop acum câteva zile. Iei trebuiau sa stea în casă pentru că potopul ia luat casa cu totul de-a lungul
zilelor și au adunat animalele următoare: girafa, capybara, elefant, și o panteră.
Panterei i-au dat o pluta pentru că le era frică să nu îi mănânce.
Nu aș schimba finalul pentru că mi se părea că a sunat bine și că a fost ok.
August 2, 2025
My kids really enjoyed this book! We've been listening to it as an audiobook in the car, and the short stories worked so well for this. Their favourite side character was the "invisible" stick insect, which prompted lots of conversations about camouflage and them trying to yell advice to Armadillo and Hare from the back seat. 🤣 Bonus that I loved listening along as an adult, too! 5/5
February 27, 2020
This is a calm, slow-paced, and perfectly lovely story with so many thoughtful and sweet moments. Not sure kids will be waiting in line for it, but I absolutely adore it.
“Come on,” he said to Hare. “We’ll share the storm between us. Then it won’t be so bad.”
“Come on,” he said to Hare. “We’ll share the storm between us. Then it won’t be so bad.”
July 10, 2019
I read this book to my 6 year old and she loved it, she wants to go to the library and look for more Armadillo and Hare books and, if she can't find any, she wants to write her own :)
February 13, 2020
146 pgs. This was a really weird book. I read 20 pages and gave up. It is weird and boring. The storyline is all over the place. It is not that good. Skip this one.
March 11, 2020
Enjoyed the tales of two good friends. Early chapter book with lots of potential readers. Fans of Frog and Toad will appreciate this book.
August 28, 2020
Such sweet and warm stories of daily life and friendship! I love the drawings.
October 26, 2020
British story, with lots of philosophical animals
January 8, 2021
I found it a very funny story and I loved that armadillo was obsessed with cheese and his famous cheese portraits 😂🤣😆😹🧀🧀🧀🧀Róisín age 8
August 23, 2021
Cute characters, some nice messages about friendship and fitness!
February 16, 2020
Brilliant collection of short stories about an armadillo who likes cheese sandwiches (and he can't stop eating and painting them) and a hare who likes to play the tube (and constantly produces random things that disappear shortly after). With a pair like this what can go wrong? It reminded me of Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad series. Each story has something sweet and useful for all ages. I highly recommend the story about the birthday party for no one or the story about the picnic.
September 2, 2020
I'd been so looking forward to this book and I'm afraid I was left disappointed. Reviews had called it "Winnie-the-Pooh-esque", but I failed to find the magic and charm I expected. Worse, some of the character's actions read as just plain mean to me. I might be in the minority, but I would not recommend this book.
May 23, 2021
Short, easy chapters with pictures. I was a bit annoyed with hare the first chapter, but then got to love them both and their relationship, so different from each other and so British. Armadillo loves to eat and paint cheese sandwiches, Hare, the extrovert, likes to dance and play tuba.
August 18, 2019
By far the most English book I have read in a long time. There are nice parts, but overall the humor is dry to black, and I’m not sure how well this will resonate with a young American audience.
January 11, 2020
Would probably give 2 stars for child-appeal, but Armadillo and Hare make a funny little Odd Couple (once you get past some body-shaming at the beginning).
February 3, 2020
This is a great choice for readers who are just starting to enjoy chapter books.
August 2, 2020
Quirky
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