Nonfiction For Children

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General Works

Alphabet Books

Dartez, Cecilia Casrill. L Is for Louisiana. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1993. [32] p. 22
x 22 cm. Illustrated with color photographs.

Goodrum, Don. Lettres Acadiennes: A Cajun ABC. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1992. [32] p. 29 cm.
Illustrated with color drawings.

Rice, James. Cajun Alphabet. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1976. 96 p. 29 cm. Illustrated with green
and brown drawings.
LA. COL. PC3680.U7 L755 1976

Rice, James. Cajun Alphabet. Rev. ed. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1991. [62] p. 29 cm. Illustrated
with color drawings.

Description and Travel: Louisiana

Children's Guide to Louisiana, by Southeastern Louisiana University Laboratory School Students.
Hammond, LA: Southeastern Louisiana University Press, 1984. 36 p. 21 x 27 cm.
Illustrated.
LA. COL. F369.3 .C55 1984

Fradin, Dennis B. Louisiana in Words and Pictures. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1981. 47, [1]
p. 24 cm. Illustrated with color photographs and maps. Index.

LaDoux, Rita C. Louisiana. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner, 1993. (Hello USA) 72 p. 16 x 20 cm.
Illustrated with chiefly color photographs, maps, and drawings. Index.

Thompson, Kathleen. Louisiana. Milwaukee, WI: Raintree, 1986. (Portrait of America) 48 p.
24 cm. Illustrated with chiefly color photographs. Index.

Description and Travel: New Orleans

Hintz, Martin. Destination New Orleans. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1997. (Port Cities
of North America) 80 p. 23 cm. Illustrated with chiefly color photographs, maps, and
drawings. Index.
LA. COL.

Langham, Jen. Coming to Terms with New Orleans: A Book for Children & Other Humans. Rev.
ed. [New Orleans?]: J. Langham, 1980. [102] p. 27 cm. Illustrated.
LA. COL. PE3101.L6 L35 1980

New Orleans for Kids: Activity Book and Tour Guide. New Orleans: Greater New Orleans
Tourist and Convention Commission, 1984. 122 p. 22 cm. Illustrated.
LA. COL. GV1206 .N48 1984

Nichols, Joan Kane. New Orleans. Minneapolis, MN: Dillon Press, 1989. (Downtown America
Books) 58, [2] p. 22 x 24 cm. Illustrated with color photographs and maps. Index.
LA. COL. F379.N54 N53 1989

Architecture

Vogt, Lloyd. A Young Person's Guide to New Orleans Houses. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1992. [38]
p. 28 cm. Illustrated with drawings.
LA. COL. NA7238.N5 V65 1991

Biography

Collective Biography

Frois, Jeanne. Louisianians All. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1992. 144 p. 23 cm. Illustrated with
drawings by Nathan B. Carley.
LA. COL. CT237 .F76 1992

Mul? Marty, and Bob Remy. Louisiana Athletes: The Top Twenty. Gretna, LA: Pelican
Publishing Co., 1981. 188 p. 23 cm. Illustrated.
LA. COL. GV697.A1 M8

Louis Armstrong

Collier, James Lincoln. Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story. New York: Collier
Books, 1993, c1985. (Great Achievers Series) 165 p. 22 cm. Illustrated with
photographs. Index.

Medearis, Angela Shelf. Little Louis and the Jazz Band: The Story of Louis "Satchmo"
Armstrong. New York: Lodestar Books, 1994. (Rainbow Biography Series) 42 p. 22
cm. Illustrated with drawings by Anna Rich and photographs. Index.

Orgill, Roxane. If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin,
1997. [30] p. 26 cm. Illustrated with drawings by Leonard Jenkins.
LA. COL. ML3930.A75 O74 1997

John James Audubon

Brenner, Barbara. On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon. New York: Coward, McCann &
Geoghegan, 1977. 96 p. 24 cm. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of prints
and paintings.
LA. COL. QH31.M28 B73

Kastner, Joseph. John James Audubon. New York: Abrams, 1992. (First Impressions) 92 p.
27 cm. Illustrated with photographs and prints, some in color.

Ruby Bridges

Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges. New York: Scholastic, 1995. [28] p. 29 cm.
Illustrated with color drawings by George Ford.
LA. COL. F379.N59 N33 1995

Bernardo de G lvez

de Varona, Frank. Bernardo de G lvez. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1991. (Raintree
Hispanic Stories) 32 p. 24 cm. Illustrated with color drawings by Tom Redman.

Ron Guidry

Allen, Maury. Ron Guidry, Louisiana Lightning. New York: Harvey House, 1979. 70 p. 23
cm. Illustrated with photographs.
LA. COL. GV865.G8 A63 1979

Mahalia Jackson

Wolfe, Charles K. Mahalia Jackson. New York: Chelsea House, 1990. (American Women of
Achievement) 103, [1] p. 24 cm. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Index.
LA. COL. ML3930.J2 W64 1990

Jean Lafitte

Gonzalez, Catherine Troxell. Lafitte, the Terror of the Gulf. Burnet, TX: Eakin Press, 1981.
(Stories for Young Americans) ii, 69, [1] p. 23 cm. Illustrated with black-and-white
drawings.

Carnival

Coil, Suzanne M. Mardi Gras! New York: Macmillan, 1994. 48 p. 21 x 26 cm. Illustrated
with color photographs by Mitchel Osborne. Index.
LA. COL. GT4211.N4 C65 1994

Vidrine, Beverly B. A Mardi Gras Dictionary. Lafayette, LA: Sunflower Press, 1994. [32] p.
29 cm. Illustrated with color paintings by Patrick Soper.
LA. COL. GT4210.L8 V53 1994

History

Cavanah, Frances. When Americans Came to New Orleans. Champaign, IL: Garrard Publishing
Co., 1970. 95 p. 24 cm. Illustrated with drawings partly in color by Frank Vaughn.
LA. COL. F379.N557 C3

Cohen, Peter Zachary. The Grat Red River Raft. Niles, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1984. 37,
[2] p. Illustrated with drawings by James Watling.
LA. COL. TC623.7 .C64 1984

Haskins, James. The Creoles of Color of New Orleans. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975.
xiii, 140, [2] p. 21 cm. Illustrated with drawings by Don Miller. Index.
LA. COL. F379.N59 C873 1975

Lyons, Grant. Andy Jackson and the Battles for New Orleans. New York: Julian Messner, 1976.
96 p. 22 cm. Illustrated with drawings by Paul Frame. Index.
LA. COL. E356.N5 L86

Muller, Carrel, and Brenda Muller. Louisiana Indians. New Orleans: Bonjour Books, 1985.
60 p. 28 cm. Illustrated.
LA. COL. E78.L8 M9

Phelan, Mary Kay. The Story of the Louisiana Purchase. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979.
[8], 149, [1] p. 21 cm. Illustrated with drawings by Frank Aloise. Index.

St. George, Judith. The Amazing Voyage of the New Orleans. New York: Putnam, 1980. 62 p.
24 cm. Illustrated with drawings by Glen Rounds.
LA. COL. F518 .S24 1980

Mississippi River

Morgan, Nina. The Mississippi. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1994. (Rivers of the
World) 47, [1] p. 28 cm. Illustrated chiefly with color photographs by Laurence
Fordyce, maps. Index.

Nature

Lockwood, C. C. C. C. Lockwood's Louisiana Nature Guide. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press, 1995. ix, 92 p. 28 cm. Illustrated with color photographs. Index.
LA. COL. QH104.5.L8 L63 1995

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Pelicans. New York: Clarion Books, 1992. 64 p. 24 cm. Illustrated
with color photographs by William Muoz.