Down on the Bayou
$39.64
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
18 June 2025
Summary
From the award-winning creators of Ice Cream Man and Good Things comes a journey through the mystical world of the Louisiana Bayou. Follow along as a young boy learns about the environment and the history of the bayou while on a boat ride with his grandpa. This stunning picture book features sidebars with fun facts and snippets of a poem woven throughout the narrative.
“The bayou’s calling out to me. ‘Come back, my son,’ it says. ‘Come see.’ What holds me back, I do …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593707883 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593707885 |
| Author: | Glenda Armand, Alleanna Harris |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Crown Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“The gorgeous vocabulary and evocative illustrations make the story come to life. An unusual and useful book that uses imagination, storytelling, and ecology to connect readers to the Louisiana bayou.” —School Library Journal
Glenda Armand
Glenda Armand
Glenda Armand has had a long career as a teacher and school librarian. She now devotes her time to writing historical fiction and picture-book biographies. She is the author of several books, including All Aboard the Schooltrain, Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese, and Down on the Bayou. Glenda also cowrote the Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better with Kim Freeman. Glenda was born in New Orleans and grew up in Los Angeles, eating seafood gumbo with a dollop of potato salad on the side.
Alleanna Harris
Alleanna Harris is a children’s book illustrator and artist from southern New Jersey. Alleanna is the illustrator of the picture books Good Things, Patricia’s Vision, and Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book, among others. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember, and after graduating from the University of the Arts, began illustrating children’s books. Harris uses her platform to tell stories as a way to inspire readers. In her work, she seeks to create images that are immersive, rich in color, and provide readers with a sense of warmth.
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