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Author
Language
English
Description
"Restless with the familiarity of her Alabama home, Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in a tiny Louisiana town deep in bayou country. Though rightfully suspicious of outsiders, who have threatened both their language and their culture, most of the people in tiny Bernadette, Louisiana, come to appreciate the young and idealistic schoolteacher as a boon to the town. She's soon teaching just about everyone--and coming up against opposition from both...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 910L
Language
English
Description
Even though Feliciana is her grandfather's favorite, he refuses to allow her to go alligator hunting with him, so one night she sneaks out and surreptitiously joins the hunt anyway.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Season One takes you on a journey to the bayous and swamplands of America's Southern heartland to witness a group of people that live on the fringes of society. They are the swamp people, and their distinct culture has its roots in the early days of America's expansion westward. The descendants of moonshiners, immigrant railroad workers and early settlers, the swamp people have inherited a legacy of self-reliance and anti-establishment values that...
14) Bayou lullaby
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A colorful goodnight poem to a "bayou gal." Includes a glossary with Cajun pronunciation.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old tomboy Livie is sure that she is responsible for the accident that has put her mother into a coma, so, trying to make amends, she travels through the Louisiana swamps to get a spell that will make her mother well again.