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Clovis Crawfish and his friends share two adventures on this English/French bilingual CD. Bidon Box Turtle has only one problem. He is a Mississippi land turtle who wants to cross the bayou and not get his hat wet.
“Kuk-kuk-kwak-kuk-kwak-kuk!” What could possibly make a sound like that in the Louisiana bayou?Whatever it is, it frightens Clovis’s friends, Christophe Cricket, Lizette Lizard, and René Rain Frog.
Clovis Crawfish and his friends share two adventures on this English/French bilingual download.
Bidon Box Turtle is a Mississippi land turtle who wants to cross the bayou and not get his hat wet.
“Kuk-kuk-kwak-kuk-kwak-kuk!” The sound wakes up Clovis Crawfish from a long nap and frightens his friends, Christophe Cricket, Lizette Lizard, and René Rain Frog.
Parlez-vous français, Clovis Crawfish? Mais oui!
Echo Gecko is the shy new lizard in the Louisiana swamp. She has a habit of repeating everything she hears, that’s how she got her nickname. All little Echo really wants is to learn how to speak French. Hardcover.
Rain falls steadily on the banks of the bayou, turning the dirt to mud and causing the water to rise. But Etienne Escargot has barely noticed the rain—he has laid a mound of tiny, pearl-white eggs and is overwhelmed by his good fortune. Too late, he realizes he is marooned on a mud pile in a growing puddle. Can Clovis Crawfish think of some way to save the unborn snails?
Clovis must: save his friend, Fédora Field Mouse and her children; deal with Madame Rat Musque, who likes to eat crawfish; and build a new house for himself. And children complain when they have math and spelling homework on the same night! Hardcover.
Clovis Crawfish takes young readers on a journey through the bayou, his first of many adventures. Curious, Clovis begins searching for the reason his bayou is named “Tail of the Frog” and encounters many friends along the way, including Gaston Grasshopper, Lizette Lizard, and Fernand Frog. But friends are not the only creatures Clovis meets on his adventure, for the bayou is also home to many predators. When Clovis meets the hungry M’sieu Blue Jay, he needs to act fast if he wants to save everyone. Risking his own life for his loved ones, Clovis teaches the values of friendship.
Clovis Crawfish and his friends share two adventures on this English/French bilingual audio track. Friendship is the underlying subject in the very first volume in the landmark Clovis Crawfish Series.
And, it’s springtime in south Louisiana, or is it? Henri Hibou (Henry Owl), warns Clovis that it is not yet spring. But when he sees Simeon Suce-Fleur lying on the ground, shivering from the cold, has Clovis arrived in time to save the little hummingbird?
Side 1 presents Clovis Crawfish and His Friends, the now-classic book that launched this popular series. Clovis lives in a mud house in Bayou Frog Tail-which strikes Clovis as a strange name, since frogs don't even have tails. Bertile Butterfly is no help in explaining this mystery to Clovis.
On side 2’s adventure, Clovis Crawfish and Simeon Suce-Fleur, the sky darkens and strange cold flakes begin to fall. Clovis hurries back to his mud house for shelter, only to find his new hummingbird friend Simeon Suce-Fleur suffering badly from the sudden icy weather. Clovis must rally his neighbors to save Simeon. Audiocassette.
Clovis Crawfish and all his friends return in a new bayou tale. 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, as Michelle eats and eats until she can scarcely move. But when Michelle tumbles into the mud, Clovis must rally the other swamp creatures to help.
Clovis Crawfish and all his friends return in a new bayou tale. Michelle Mantis, an ugly old insect with an enormous appetite, visits the swamp home of Clovis and his friends.
Etienne Escargot makes his way through the bayou country to live with Clovis and the bayou friends.
Michelle Mantis visits Clovis and his friends and she alarms them with her voracious appetite, but when she tumbles into the mud, Clovis must rally the other swamp creatures to help.
When the rain begins to fall, trapping Etienne and his eggs. Clovis and his bayou friends enlist the carving talent of a friendly woodpecker to construct a pirogue out of a cypress tree limb, to guide them to safety.
As the group of bayou animals hurry to see the baby blue jay who has fallen from his nest during a storm, everyone wonders what to do next in Clovis Crawfish and the Orphan Zo-Zo.
In this adventure, Clovis Crawfish and company make a new friend in Paillasse Poule d’Eau. The bayou creatures enjoy learning all about their new friend. Two of the first things they find out is that his name, Paillasse, means “clown” in French, while Poule d’Eau means “water chicken.”
Clovis Crawfish, whose adventures have delighted children since 1961, is back again. In this story, now in full color for the first time, the fascinating phenomenon of metamorphosis unfolds to delight young readers.
As the sun is setting on the bayou, a new friend makes her way to Clovis’s mud house. Silvie Sulphur (a member of the butterfly family) is looking for a new home. She encounters a warm welcome among Clovis and his friends and soon finds the perfect dwelling. Hardcover.
It’s springtime in south Louisiana, or is it? Clovis Crawfish isn’t about to wait around in his mudhouse to find out!
When a big betail (big animal) intrudes into the swampland on a gloomy day, the bayou critters are fearful. The big betail is Andrew Armadillo from Texas. A huge creature with a hard shell, cowboy boots, and thick-lensed spectacles, Andrew at first frightens our bayou friends with his strange accent and booming voice.