Swamp Song

Down in the swamp where the cypress grows, Old Man Gator starts tappin’ his toes . . . Pretty soon, all the swamp animals are movin’ and swingin’ to Gator’s beat. Sing along with the river otter, bull

Florida has more swamps and marshes than any other state except Alaska. One-third of it is covered with cypress domes, wet prairies, mangrove swamps, sawgrass glades, pitcher plant savannahs, and othe

A little frog is singing to himself in the swamp one night. His song doesn't seem complete, so he invites other animals to join in. Nothing sounds right until the littlest voice joins the song - that

New Orleans is an indispensable element of America's national identity. As one of the most fabled cities in the world, it figures in countless novels, short stories, poems, plays, and films, as well as in popular lore and song. This book provides detailed discussions of all of the most significant writing that this city has ever inspired - from its origins in a flood-prone swamp to the rise of a creole culture at the edges of the European empires; from its emergence as a cosmopolitan, hemispheric crossroads and a primary hub of the slave trade to the days when, in its red light district, the children and grandchildren of the enslaved conjured a new kind of music that became America's greatest gift to the world; from the mid-twentieth-century masterpieces by William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams and Walker Percy to the realms of folklore, hip hop, vampire fiction, and the Asian and Latin American archives.

A lyrical picture book from renowned U.K. artist Frann Preston-GannonA little frog is singing to himself in the swamp one night. His song doesn’t seem complete, so he invites other animals to jo

A spooky rendering of the popular song introduces four children who venture into the night in search of a ghost, squish-squash-squoosh through a swamp, rustle-rustling through a corningfield and overc

A little frog is singing to himself in the swamp one night. His song doesn't seem complete, so he invites other animals to join in. Nothing sounds right until the littlest voice joins the song - that