bayous

No one in Lily LeGrand s Cajun community is willing to help search for Paul Courville, who is missing in the bayou along with his mean-spirited older brothers, William and Mark. Why should they? Paul s wealthy plantation-owner father has made no secret of his disdain for Cajuns. But Paul has always been kind to Lily, defending her against his brothers merciless taunts and humiliating pranks and Lily refuses to turn her back on him when his life is in danger.

Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.

Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.

Various wetland creatures, from alligators to egrets, enjoy what begins as a calm and peaceful day in the bayou, then prepare for and endure a passing hurricane, and finally settle in for a peaceful night.

In the Louisiana Bayou Clovis Crawfish tries to prevent M'sieu Blue Jay from making a meal out of his friend Gaston Grasshopper.

Although Clovis Crawfish and his bayou friends are afraid of the large, insect-devouring mantis that invades their home, they earn her gratitude by rescuing her when she gets stuck in the mud.

Lizette Lizard introduces her bayou friends to her cousin, Echo Gecko, who repeats everything she hears and who wants to learn Cajun French.

Clovis Crawfish and his animal friends in the bayou rally to help Bertile Butterfly when she suffers an accident before her annual migration south.

Bertile Butterfly's baby goes through its metamorphosis unharmed, thanks to the constant attention of Clovis Crawfish and his bayou friends.

A heron overhears a boy's wish that he could help his father, a shrimper whose nets have been empty lately, and shows him what needs to be done to make things right.