Clovis Crawfish and his pals return in another adventure on the Louisiana bayou.
Clovis Ecrevisse et l’Araignée Qui File presents
Clovis Crawfish and the Spinning Spider in French with Cajun dialogue. In this volume of the series, Simone Spider threatens the peaceful region by building her silver web right by Clovis’s mud house. The bayou friends watch helplessly as Simone puts the finishing touches on her sticky web.
Simone Spider is hungry. She’d like nothing more than to capture one of the bayou residents for lunch.
Some of the animals, like Fernand Frog and Gaston Grasshopper, aren’t afraid of Simone; they’re too big and strong for her web. But little Josette June Bug isn’t so lucky. When a soft autumn breeze blows her down to the bayou, she gets tangled in Simone’s lair. Will she be able to fend off Simone until Clovis can rescue her?
About the Author
Mary Alice Fontenot is best known as the children’s author of books on Cajun culture. She created the famous wetland characters of Clovis Crawfish and his friends more than thirty years ago. In addition to the Clovis Crawfish Series, Fontenot wrote several other children’s books, including Mardi Gras in the Country and The Star Seed, both published by Pelican. Fontenot worked as a kindergarten teacher and, for thirty-five years, as a newspaperwoman. Her dedication to children and to her art earned her the 1998 Acadiana Arts Council Lifetime Achievement Award. She died in 2003 at the age of ninety-three.
About the Illustrator
Illustrator Christine Kidder is no stranger to the Clovis series. She also illustrated Clovis Crawfish and the Curious Crapaud.
CLOVIS ECREVISSE ET L’ARAIGNEE QUI FILE
By Mary Alice Fontenot
Translated by Julie Fontenot Landry
Illustrated by Christine Kidder
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General
32 pp. 8 1/2 x 11
Color and b/w illustrations
Pronunciation guide Song with music and French and English lyrics
ISBN: 9781565542204
ALSO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH