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1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi
By: Michael Shoulders
Discover and revel in the history, heritage,
and industry of Mississippi. From 2 magnolia blossoms on the state
quarter and the 4 states that surround Mississippi to 60 pecans and 90
hardworking honeybees readers of all ages are sure to delight in the
poetry and prose framed by detailed, realistic illustrations. Each page
features energetic poetry young readers will enjoy and detailed
expository text that presents Mississippi state symbols, including
largemouth bass and oyster shells
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M is for Magnolia:
A Mississippi Alphabet
By: Michael Shoulders
From Mississippi’s hills in the north to its
southern shores, M is for Magnolia: A Mississippi Alphabet will educate
as it entertains with its facinating state facts about our 20th state.
Magnolia is a delightful trip through this southern state and is richly
detailed with engaging illustrations.
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P is for Pelican:
A Louisiana Alphabet
By: Anita C. Prieto
From its festive Mardi Gras parades to its wildlife
filled swamps, Louisiana is a state of contrasts and age-old
traditions. P is for Pelican: A Louisiana Alphabet offers natives and
visitors alike a guided A-Z tour through this diverse and enchanting
state.
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ABC Cajun Alphabet
Written and Illustrated by James Rice
Gaston may sometimes hold his textbook upside down, but as readers of
this volume can attest, the alligator has mastered Louisiana’s
Cajun French from A to Z. Using a combination of poetry and delightful
art, rice traces Gaston’s Educational esperience and in so doing
provides the modern generation-youngsters and adults alike-with a basic
course in Cajun Society, language, and culture. Words such as Baire,
batture, boudin, choupique, fais do do, roux, tante, and nonc, and
poule d’eau are understood and used by every Cajun. Throught this
volume, the reader can learn more than a hundred other Cajun Words and
phrases
.
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Down in Louisiana
Traditional Song Adapted by Johnette Downing
Readers
are encouraged to participate as active observers as they tour the
landscape, counting the number of animals on each page. A mother and
her pelican one begin the story , and a mosquito and her littler
skeeters ten conclude it. In between, readers encounter alligators,
Catahoula, nutria, possum, crawfish, and more as they swim, bark, eat,
climb, fly, sleep, buzz, and snap.
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Once Upon a Time on a Plantation
By: Nancy Rhyne
These two twelve-year-old friends always seem to find adventrue at
their plantation home, whether they are trying to dodge the jaws of a
huge black alligator, asve the rice crop from a hurricane, or trap a
vicious wild dog. Set before the Civil War, these issustrated stories
tell of the mysteries, legends, and dangers of plantation life. One
tale takes the reader on an eerie expedition to a hunted chapel,
another centers on the strange powers of a bracelet. In these
adventures, Cart and Will discover the facinating world around them.
And as they escape their predicaments or bravely save the day, they
strenghten their friendship and begin to understand the ways of the
plantation.
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 Emma’s Escape:
A Story of America’s Underground Railroad
By: Sharon Shavers Gayle
Relive the important mission of the Underground Railroad. At the
Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum and Center for African
American History and Culture, Emma imagines that she is a slave making
a dangerous escape from the South using the famous Underground Railroad.
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 The Louisiana Plantation Coloring Book
By: Cecilia Casrill Dartez
This book deapics the many different types of landmarks in Louisiana
and allows the children to interact with the learning experience by
coloring them.
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Feliciana Feydra Le Roux
By: Tyana Thomassie
Gather
round y’all-here’s a story about a li’l girl by the name of Feliciana
Feydra LeRoux , who lives deep in the depths of Cajun Country. I tell
you , that child’s grampa spoils her rotten. But there’s one thing
Grampa just won’t let Feliciana do-go alligator hunting with the
menfolk. And naturally that’s the one thing Feliciana wants to do most
of all.
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Gaston Drills an Offshore Oil Well
Written and Illustrated By James Rice.
Intrepid Gaston, the green-nosed alligator,
one of the most celebrated characters in modern juvenile literature,
embarks on a brand-new adventure-drilling an oil well in the Gulf of
Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Gaston- whose previous quests have
taken him on a Christmas Eve flight with St. Nicholas, to a Mardi Gras
celebration in New Orleans, on a stint as a cowboy on the Texas range,
and to a job as a pipeline roughneck-decides to invest his hard-earned
savings in an oil well after learning of the oil business’s
profitability and receiving a tip from a friendly crab.
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L is for Louisiana
By: Cecilia Casrill Dartez
Yes, L is for Louisiana and this child’s first
alphabet book combines words and photographs for a fun trip throught
the ABCs that also shows some of the sights and symobls of the state
famous for alligators, bayous, and Cajuns.
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There Was an Ol’ Cajun
By: Deborah Ousley Kadair
In this retelling of the classic nursery rhyme, There
Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, a hapless Cajun accidently
swallows a gnat; imagine that. “ Why he did that?”. So he
swallows a mosquito, then a newt, an a gar,....until there are lots of
swamp creatures inside that old Cajun. But when he tries to swallow an
alligator, he gets a big surprise.
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Cajun Fables
By: Justin Wilson with Jay Hadley
Justin Wilson is synonymous with Cajun Cooking. More that forty years
ago, he helped to initiate the Cajun cooking craze with his first book,
The Justin Wilson Cook Book. Here he tries his hand at fables.
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I is for Idea:
An Inventions Alphabet
By: Marcia Schonberg
Turning the pages of I is for Idea will
reveal the answers to many fascinating questions. Written in a two-tier
format with captivating poetry suited for younger children combined
with detailed-filled expository text for older readers, this book is
sure to grab the attention of many.
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T Is For Teachers:
A School Alphabet
Turning the pages of T is for Teachers will
reveal the answers to many fascinating questions. Written in a two-tier
format with captivating poetry suited for younger children combined
with detailed-filled expository text for older readers, this book is
sure to grab the attention of many.
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