Rockin' the Bayou Down in Louisiana!
We're A Possum Family Band
- Publisher
- The Secret Mountain
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2023
- Category
- Music, Multigenerational
- Recommended Age
- 1 to 2
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 2
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9782898360435
- Publish Date
- Oct 2023
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Every Saturday night at the Fais Dodo Thibaudeau, a suave young possum with a Zorro-like moustache takes the stage with his dobro to lead the band. In the audience, a pretty, doe-eyed possum falls for his charms. But just who could these plucky marsupials be? Mama and Papa Poss tell the story of how they first met and where their glory days as a musical duo began! Take a trip to the bayou in this side-splitting, toe-tapping tale that pays homage to Louisiana's Cajun and Zydeco music traditions. "Rockin' the Bayou Down in Louisiana!" is the first story in the "We're a Possum Family Band" series, which follows Mama and Papa Poss on their travels that bring them across North America to the birthplaces of Cajun, jazz, country, rock'n'roll, blues, and traditional Quebecois music. At the end of each story, explanatory notes delve into the key figures, instruments and customs behind each genre. The book includes a QR code to access the narrated story and songs online.
About the authors
FANNY BERTHIAUME est une illustratrice et une artiste en développement visuel de Montréal. Elle travaille avec des studios d’animation, des éditeurs et d’autres entreprises de création.
As a child, FANNY BERTHIAUME's favourite things were reading, drawing and exploring nature. As an adult she combines those loves to create colourful, magical books for children. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
