Clovis Crawfish and the Spinning Spider

by Mary Alice Fontenot, Christine Kidder (Illustrator)

Overview

Simone Spider builds her web near Clovis's mud house. And this spider is hungry. She'd like nothing more than to capture one of the bayou residents for lunch.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882896441
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	01/31/1986
Series:	Clovis Crawfish
Edition description:	2nd ed
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mary Alice Fontenot (1910-2003) was born in Arcadia Parish and worked on her grandfather’s Bayou Tigre farm in her youth. Fontenot spent thirty-five years as a journalist for multiple Louisiana publications and had a career as a kindergarten teacher. Named a Louisiana Legend by Louisiana Public Broadcasting and a Living Legend by the Arcadian Museum, she also received the 1998 Acadiana Arts Council Lifetime Achievement Award. Fontenot wrote eighteen books for the Clovis Crawfish Series.

Illustrator Christine Kidder is a freelance artist living in Lafayette, Louisiana. Her poster art has been featured at several major festivals throughout the state. She also is the illustrator of Clovis Crawfish and the Spinning Spider .