bayous

Sixteen-year-old Shane takes a summer job on a houseboat in the bayous with Captain Thunder, everything is going well until Captain Thunder abandons the boat and it runs into rocks, then Shane has to lead a group of five tourists to safety.

Brief text and illustrations describe baby animals in the bayou.

Twelve-year-old Sawyer Brown, his sister Elvira, and friends head into the Mississippi bayou seeking "Ol' One Eye," the biggest, oldest, and meanest catfish around, in hopes of finding Sawyer's widowed mother's wedding ring, which was swallowed by a smaller fish.

A group of French-speaking Louisiana bayou animals save the life of an orphaned baby bluejay.

Clovis Crawfish and his French-speaking animal friends help a box turtle cross the bayou.

Clovis Crawfish introduces Raoul Raccoon to the other animals in his Louisiana bayou.

Batiste the skunk, an unpopular new resident of Clovis Crawfish's bayou, becomes accepted after saving Ren? Rainette, a frog, from a hungry snake.

There are many babies in the bayou, and even though they might have sharp white teeth, hard shells, webbed feet, or quick claws, their mothers still need to protect them.

Enchanted by the music of Wild Turkey and the Loblollies, Brewster Ferret follows them to their home in a Louisiana bayou and tries to make a place for himself in the animal community there.

Crawfish takes advantage of Crab's generosity, and his trickery costs him Crab's friendship.