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Tommy Joe Breaux invites you to “sit down, relax, an’ pass a good time” with the crazy characters of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Cajuns are famous for their storytelling talents and their ability to laugh at themselves, and Tommy Joe is a bona fide Cajun, I garontee!
Master storyteller Coleen Salley narrates two timeless family Christmas stories, capturing the unique sounds of the bayou.
Storyteller Tommy Joe Breaux lends an authentic air to these classic tales.
The first narration, Cajun Night Before Christmas®, takes the story of jolly St. Nicholas’s annual visit and places it in a Louisiana bayou setting. The next story, Gaston® the Green-Nosed Alligator, explains the fascinating events that precede Cajun Night Before Christmas®.
Children will be captivated by Cendrillon’s New Orleans setting and vibrant narration. While the essence of the original story remains, the influence of New Orleans is evident throughout.
Take Little Red Riding Hood and drop her in the middle of the Louisiana bayou, and she magically transforms into Petite Rouge!
Clovis Crawfish and his friends share two adventures on this bilingual romp, including French and English translations. The skunk Batiste Bête Puante doesn’t mean to offend his friends, but the awful smell he gives off is actually one of his defenses.
Bertile Butterfly must fly south for the winter with the other monarch butterflies, so Clovis throws a going-away party, complete with music and entertainment.
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.
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?
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.
Clovis Crawfish and his friends share two adventures on this bilingual audio. Tracks include French and English translations. A big bétail (big animal) intrudes into the swampland and the bayou critters are fearful. Can Clovis help them to overcome their fears?
A group of bayou animals hurries to see the baby blue jay that has fallen from his nest during a storm. Some of them, like Christophe Cricket and Gaston Grasshopper, feel the bird should be left alone as it could later pose a threat to them. Yet Clovis knows that the orphaned bird needs their help badly, and they cannot let it die.
Clovis and the gang help the Cigales twins, Chicot and Coteau, stage a summer concert on the bayou, and when Bertile Butterfly has a baby, Clovis and his friends discover the growth stages of a caterpillar.
Clovis Crawfish and his pals return for another adventure on the Louisiana bayou in this story, told in both French and English. In Clovis Crawfish and the Spinning Spider, Simone Spider threatens the peaceful region by building her silver web near Clovis’s mud house. When little Josette June Bug comes to the bayou, she gets tangled in the lair.
In the adventure of Clovis Crawfish and the Curious Crapaud, Clovis and his friends learn to appreciate each other a little better. Corinne Crapaud is Fernand Frog’s shy cousin.
The Cajun language, spoken by the descendants of exiled Acadians, has been passed on by word of mouth for more than two hundred years. Cajun French is still widely spoken throughout Louisiana, despite threat of extinction and the controversies associated with including the language in school curricula. Conversational Cajun French I, the first systematic approach to teaching the language, makes Cajun French accessible to those born outside Cajun families and works to preserve the Cajun language and culture.
Fanfou, a loveable elephant from France, stars in this tale about his unlikely adventures visiting Louisiana. The story is told in French using common phrases and key terms such as directions, emotions, colors, and animals. Basic French speakers will hear the action unfold as Fanfou scores a touchdown for the Saints, discovers oil in Lafayette, and rides in the Angola rodeo.
This is the only Christmas book written for children in Gullah, an English-derived Creole language spoken primarily by African-Americans along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts. Gullah continues to gain both national and international attention and appreciation as people are exposed to its rich language and the folklore and customs associated with it.
Sarah Kirwan Blazek, narrator and author, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, and retains dual citizenship in Ireland and the United States. Her delightful brogue perfectly complements the stories on this CD. A former teacher at the Academy of the Sacred Heart for Girls/Hardey Preparatory for Boys, Blazek lives in Chicago, Illinois.
In Jenny Giraffe Discovers the French Quarter, Jenny finds a place to fit in. “Run, Jenny, quickly! Don’t let them take you to the zoo! Find a new home, my dear!” urged Jenny Giraffe’s mother after the door to their truck popped open during a minor accident on the streets of the French Quarter. Afraid of life in the zoo, the little giraffe did as her mother said, running down the narrow streets and slipping through an open gate into a beautiful courtyard.
In the first of the two stories in this download, Jolie Blonde decides to rôder (travel) along the bayou. Before long, this Cajun Goldilocks begins to get tired. When she reaches the Héberts’ home, delicious aromas welcome her into the empty house, where she finds three bowls of Mama Hébert’s gumbo. Listeners will learn which bowl tastes bon to Jolie Blonde as they meet the three Héberts, POOH-YI! (Oh, my!)
The three little Cajun pigs—’Ti Joe, ’Ti Claude, and ’Ti Frère—build houses out of oyster shells, rice, and sugarcane in hopes that the local loup-garou (wolf) will not get inside and eat them for his cochon du lait (pig roast). How will these three brothers make out? As ’Ti Joe always says, “Vouloir c’est pouvoir” (Where there’s a will, there’s a way).
This Mother Goose-goes-to-the-swamp audio has authentic Cajun characters, ranging from Oyster Man and Jacques and Jill to Petite Rouge Riding Hood. This glimpse into south Louisiana’s Cajun traditions is filled with unique dialect and ongoing humor. Familiar rhymes such as “To Market,” “Pat-A-Cake” and “Little Boy Blue” are flavored with the same cultural flair.