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7354181Down on the Bayouhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/down-on-the-bayou-9780593707906/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6942292/image.jpg?v=638767550449070000211274MXNRandom House Childrens BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>From the award-winning creators of <em>Ice Cream Man</em> and <em>Good Things</em> comes a journey through the mystical world of the Louisiana Bayou. Follow along as a young boy learns about the environment and the history of the bayou while on a boat ride with his grandpa. This stunning picture book features sidebars with fun facts and snippets of a poem woven throughout the narrative.</strong></p><p><em>The bayous calling out to me.</em><br /><em>Come back, my son, it says. Come see.</em><br /><em>What holds me back, I do not know,</em><br /><em>But I promised, and so Ill go.</em></p><p>While Troy is on vacation in Louisiana, his grandpa has promised to take him down to the bayou. Grandpa explains that the bayou is not only a shallow, slow-moving, muddy riverbut also so much more.</p><p>When the time finally comes, Troy and Grandpa climb into Uncle Joes pirogue and set off on a unique adventure that stirs up Grandpas memories and Troys imagination. Grandpa shares stories about their enslaved ancestors who escaped to the bayou, the ghosts who rise from the moss, and a chorus of creatures that sing around them.</p><p>At the end of the day, Grandpa gives Troy a notebook so that he can write about everything the bayou has taught him, or even compose beautiful poems like Grandpas. Troy discovers that there is so much to learn about the legends, history, flora and fauna, and yourself, down on the bayou.</p><p>Award-winning author Glenda Armands inviting and informational text along with illustrator Alleanna Harriss lush illustrations capture the young protagonists imaginative perspective, the lovely bond between a grandfather and grandson, the power of poetry, and the beauty and history of the bayou.</p>...6990217Down on the Bayou211274https://www.gandhi.com.mx/down-on-the-bayou-9780593707906/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6942292/image.jpg?v=638767550449070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook2025Inglés