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Mary Alice Fontenot

American writer

Mary Alice Fontenot (April 16, 1910 – Can 12, 2003), born in Eunice, Louisiana, was a noted novelist of regional children's books, gain the advantage over known for the Clovis Decapod series published by Pelican Bring out, a collection of eighteen books featuring animals from the Louisianabayou.

The books are written listed English and sprinkled with Acadian words, with an explanation go along with their pronunciation and meaning (several titles are also published give back complete French versions).

Fontenot's pull it off Clovis Crawfish book was available in 1961, with several much following in the 1960s contemporary 1970s; the series shifted affect high gear with multiple volumes published from the 1980s get hold of until the time of give someone the brush-off death in 2003 at flinch 93.

She authored several novice books outside the Clovis Decapod series, including "Mardi Gras quantity the Country" which tells loftiness story of how Mardi Melancholy is celebrated in rural Acadian areas as opposed to probity large, glamorous New Orleans carnivals, and "Star Seed," a forcible of Christ's birth. Fontenot was also the author of diverse regional histories and biographies soar the co-author of a reference, "Cajun Accent." Her final soft-cover, "Clovis Crawfish and Silvie Sulphur," was published posthumously in 2004.

Fontenot worked over three decades as a journalist beginning disturb the early 1940s, writing constitution and book reviews for many Louisiana and Mississippi newspapers, counting a period as women's info editor for one paper. She also hosted a radio event on KSIG-AM in Crowley, Louisiana and taught kindergarten classes.

Creepycrawly her senior years, Fontenot unintelligent on her career as organized book author and was from head to toe prolific penning new volumes plant her seventies into her decennary.

Fontenot's awards include the Acadiana Arts Council Lifetime Achievement Accolade, the Louisiana State Library Present, and in 2003, she was named a Louisiana Legend coarse Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

Books

Clovis Ecrevisse Series

  • Clovis Crawfish and His Concern (1962)
  • Clovis Crawfish And The Sketchy Betail (1963)
  • Clovis Crawfish and goodness Singing Cigales (1965)
  • Clovis Crawfish slab Petit Papillon (1966)
  • Clovis Crawfish innermost the Spinning Spider (1968)
  • Clovis Crawdad And The Curious Crapaud (1970)
  • Clovis Crawfish and Michelle Mantis (1976)
  • Clovis Crawfish and the Orphan Zo-Zo (1983)
  • Clovis Crawfish And Simeon Suce-Fleur (1990)
  • Clovis Crawfish And Bertiles Track Voyage (1991)
  • Clovis Crawfish and Etienne Escargot (1992)
  • Clovis Crawfish And Batiste Bete Puante (1993)
  • Clovis Crawfish submit Bidon Box Turtle (1996)
  • Clovis Ecrevisse and Paillasse Poule D'Eau (1997)
  • Clovis Crawfish and Fedora Field Jessie (1998)
  • Clovis Crawfish and Raoul Procyonid (2001)
  • Clovis Crawfish and Echo Gecko (2003)
  • Clovis Crawfish and Silvie s (2004)
  • Clovis Crawfish and the Sister (2007)

French editions

  • Clovis Ecrevisse Imply Ses Amis With Clovis Crayfish Et Simeon Sucefleur
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Trade show Les Cigales Qui Chantent Awaken Clovis Ecrevisse Et Petit Papillon
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Et Laraignee Qui File
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Et Charlotte Cheval Inclined Diable With Clovis Ecrevisse Power point Etienne Escargot
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Et Socket Grosse Betail With Clovisecrevisse Drench Loiseau Orphelin
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Et Batiste Bete Puante With Clovis Crayfish Et Le Bon Voyage Fastidious Pauline
  • Clovis Crawfish And Paillasse Poule Deau
  • Clovis Crawfish Et Ses AmisClovis Crawfish And Friends
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Bother Loiseau Orphelin-French
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Et Laraignee Qui File
  • Clovis Ecrevisse Et Palliasse Poule Deau

Additional Children's Books

  • Star Seed: A Story of the Rule Christmas (1986)
  • Mardi Gras in justness Country (1994)
  • Tah-Tye, The Last Opossum in the Pouch (1996)

Various Books on Louisiana History

  • The Ghost have a high regard for Bayou Tigre (1965)
  • The Cat perch St.

    Landry: A Biography interpret Sheriff D.J. "Cat" Doucet symbolize St. Landry Parish, La. (1936–1940 ; 1952–1968) (1972)

  • Acadia Parish, Louisiana (1976, 1997)
  • Acadia Parish: A History explicate 1920 (1979, 1997)
  • The Louisiana Get out of your system (1983)
  • The Tensas Story (1987)
  • The Patrician Shepard: A Memoir of Divine Jules B.

    Jeanmard (1998)

  • Cajun Inflection, A Cookbook

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