(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf & Anne Wilsdorf. Reading the colorful Cajun expressions aloud with a genuine accent may help hold a young audience's attention through this lengthy tall tale. Comical illustrations chronicle the plucky protagonist's adventures as she survives the hurricane that separates her from her Bayou home and family and deposits her into the midst of a growing alligator family that welcomes her as their own.

Reviewer: Christina Dorr

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott Cook. Warm ivory pages, primarily illustrated with coppers, oranges, yellows, and rusts, radiate a south Louisiana heat. In three tales flavored with Creole metaphor and French expressions, Compère Lapin, literary cousin to Brer Rabbit, outsmarts the long-suffering Compère Bouki, relieving him of food, water, and a large portion of his self-respect. The elaborate narratives make the collection appropriate for older listeners. Glos.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2002

(2) 4-6 Born in southern Louisiana at the turn of the century, Félix LeBlanc comes from a long line of fiddlers, but his mama forbids him to play. Doucet ably portrays both a youngster's all-consuming passion for a forbidden act and his determination to find his own way. The Creole setting is well realized, and the lagniappe is Doucet's easy use of similes, which stick to the native dialect like gravy on rice. Glos.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000