Clovis Crawfish and Bertile's Bon Voyage

By Mary Alice Fontenot

It is late summer on the bayou, and Clovis Crawfish and his wetland friends are sad because soon summer will be gone. Christophe Cricket chirps sadly, "Je suis triste, je suis bien triste, parce que l' 1/2t 1/2 est pass 1/2," which means "I am sad, I am so sad, because the summer is over." Sadness overcomes the bayou friends because it is time for Bertile Butterfly to leave. She must fly south for the winter with the other monarch butterflies and cannot stay in the bayou much longer. To wish Bertile bon voyage, Clovis and friends throw a going-away party to wish her farewell.

But when a cool north wind brings a pinecone spinning down from a tree, pinning Bertile's pretty wing to the ground, the friends must help her save her wing and get her started on her way.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589805410
• ISBN13: 9781589805415
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

A wonderful way to introduce the cajun dialect.

I was really excited to be able to share this book with my daughter. I grew up in southwestern Louisiana and this delight book brought back alot of memories. The story line was attention grabing and the pictures are beautiful! Mrs. Fontenot has been a fantastic children's author for many years and she just keeps getting better!! We look forward to enjoying many more hours of fun with her books.

Cute story about some bayou creatures

I think the story is lite and cute and can give children an introduction into some french words and phrases. My daughter enjoys it as a bed time story.