Synopses & Reviews
When I was a little boy, my favorite stories where the ones Mama told about the adventures she had growing up....Now that I have two little girls of my own, I want to share one of my mama's stories with them, and with you. And so, approche....-- James Carville
Mama always said, "You're never poor if you have a loving family and one good friend." Well, Lu has a family but no friend -- so maybe she is just a little poor. How all changes one day down on the Louisiana bayou -- when Lu comes face-to-face with a for-real, live swamp ghost -- is at the heart of this flavorful, funny...and compassionate story.
Meet a girl with lots of pluck and plenty of courage in this Depression-era tale that's based on an episode in the childhood of James Carville's mother.
Synopsis
The noted political consultant and cohost of CNN's "Crossfire" joins an award-winning author for this story inspired by an episode in the Louisiana childhood of Carville's mother. With deliciously playful artwork, this story about lending a helping hand comes with a CD with Carville reading the story. Full color.
About the Author
James Carville is America's best-known political consultant. He is also a speaker, talk-show host, actor, and author.
All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President, which he cowrote, spent eight weeks on the
New York Times best-seller list. Part of a large Southern family, he grew up without a television and loved to listen to the stories his mama told. Mr. Carville lives with his wife, Mary Matalin, and their two daughters in Virginia.
Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including
Goin' Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award
winner; The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, written with her
husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; The Dark-Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.David Catrow is a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist and the award-winning illustrator of numerous books for children. He lives in Springfield, Ohio.