| Clovis Crawfish and the Big Bétail Contributor(s): Fontenot, Mary Alice (Author), Blazek, Scott (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 088289689X ISBN-13: 9780882896892 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1988 Annotation: When a big betail (big animal) intrudes into the swampland on a gloomy day, the bayou critters are fearful. But the bayou creatures learn how strangers can be helpful friends. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 87036557 |
| Series: Clovis Crawfish |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 8.77" W x 11.24" (0.89 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When a big b'tail (big animal) intrudes into the swampland, the bayou critters are at first fearful of his strange accent and booming voice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fontenot, Mary Alice: - 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. Blazek, Scott: -Clovis, New Mexico, resident Scott R. Blazek won the 1993 prize for designing a five-dollar coin featuring James Madison in the US Mint's Bill of Rights Coins Set. He illustrated half of the books in the Clovis Crawfish Series. |