Clovis Crawfish and Michelle Mantis/Clovis Crawfish and Etienne Escargot CD

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By Mary Alice Fontenot

Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

Clovis Crawfish and Michelle Mantis/Clovis Crawfish and Etienne Escargot CD

ABOUT Mary Alice Fontenot

Mary Alice Fontenot
Mary Alice Fontenot is best known as the children's author on Cajun culture. She created the famous wetland characters of Clovis Crawfish and his friends more than thirty years ago-and they still find exciting new adventures. Mrs. Fontenot, who worked as a newspaperwoman for thirty-five ye More...

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Clovis Crawfish and his friends share two adventures on this bilingual CD; tracks include French and English translations. Michelle Mantis, an ugly old insect with an enormous appetite, visits the swamp home of Clovis and his friends. Her voracious appetite alarms Clovis's friends, for Michelle eats and eats until she can scarcely move. But when she tumbles into the mud, Clovis must rally the other swamp creatures to help. Etienne Escargot makes his way through the bayou country to live with Clovis and the bayou friends. Before reaching Clovis's home, Etienne releases his eggs, forming a pile of tiny pearly shells. Suddenly the rain begins to fall; Etienne and the eggs are trapped on a mound of mud in the center of swirling black waters. Clovis and his bayou friends enlist the carving talent of a friendly woodpecker, and they make a pirogue out of a cypress tree limb. Clovis helps Etienne and his eggs into the boat and guides them to safety.