Clovis Crawfish and His Friends - Hardcover

Mary Alice Fontenot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 088289479X ISBN 13: 9780882894799

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US), 1986

Synopsis

Friendship is the underlying subject as the beauty and dangers of bayou life are depicted in this, the very first volume in the landmark series. A curious crawfish, Clovis always wants to know why and what things are. He wonders why his bayou is called Tail of the Frog, when frogs dont even have tails. Bertile Butterfly couldnt care less-shes interested in only one thing-flowers.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Alice Fontenot (1910-2003) was born in Arcadia Parish and worked on her grandfather's Bayou Tigre farm in her youth. Fontenot spent thirty-five years as a journalist for multiple Louisiana publications and had a career as a kindergarten teacher. Named a Louisiana Legend by Louisiana Public Broadcasting and a Living Legend by the Arcadian Museum, she also received the 1998 Acadiana Arts Council Lifetime Achievement Award. Fontenot wrote eighteen books for the Clovis Crawfish Series. Keith Graves is a freelance artist who holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He also is a graduate of Parsons the New School for Design in New York.

From the Inside Flap:

Praise for the Clovis Crawfish Series:

"In Louisiana's bayou country, Clovis Crawfish is a favorite folk hero of children who have met him in Fontenot's lively tales. . . . The stories have suspense, lessons in nature lore, French words, and plenty of fun."
-Publishers Weekly

"Mary Alice Fontenot's Clovis Crawfish Series have been providing lessons both in nature lore and French words and phrases used in everyday Cajun conversation as well as stories that are simply fun to read."
-Houston Post

Clovis Crawfish and His Friends is the book that launched the entire Clovis Crawfish Series and introduced this friendly crawfish to children and adults alike. Since he first appeared in 1962, Clovis Crawfish has taught children in Louisiana and across the country important concepts such as friendship, teamwork, and problem solving. Through the adventures of Clovis and his friends, children also learn about the ecology of the bayou. Each story includes French words and phrases heard in everyday Cajun conversation.

Clovis lives in a mud house in Bayou Frog Tail, which strikes him as a strange name, since frogs don't even have tails. Bertile Butterfly is no help in explaining this mystery to him-all she wants to do is flit about and eat flowers. When inquisitive Clovis finally discovers the answer from Fernand Frog, he doesn't have much time to dwell on it because M'sieu Blue Jay is about to make a meal of his good friend Gaston Grasshopper! Can Clovis save his friend and save the day?

The late Mary Alice Fontenot (1910-2003), a Louisiana native, authored thirty books, including nineteen in the Clovis Crawfish Series. A former journalist and kindergarten teacher, Fontenot was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Acadian Arts Council in 1998, and, in 2001, she was awarded the first Honorary Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, presented by the State Library of Louisiana and the Louisiana Center for the Book.

Illustrator Keith Graves received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1981 and completed further studies at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. In addition to illustrating Pelican's Clovis Crawfish and Petit Papillon, he is the author and illustrator of nine children's books. Graves lives with his wife, Nancy, and their twins, Max and Emma, in Austin, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US)
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 088289479X
• ISBN 13: 9780882894799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32