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Storytime: Lafitte’s Restless Ghost narrated by Ted Lindsay
Read more: Storytime: Lafitte’s Restless Ghost narrated by Ted LindsayYou’ve heard of Pirate Jean Lafitte, a French pirate who gained infamy in the bays and swamps off the Gulf of Mexico. He lived from 17080-1823. He is often featured in tales of treasure hunters and is part of many legends from Louisiana and Texas. Here is one that takes place in Laport, off the…
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Storytime: Coming Up Cajun by Carrie Delatte
Read more: Storytime: Coming Up Cajun by Carrie DelatteIt’s Confetti Park Storytime! In this episode, author Carrie Delatte narrates her children’s book Coming Up Cajun, which is based on the true tales of two little boys growing up in the heart of Cajun Country. Full of nature, this sweet tale told in rhyming verse captures some of the wholesome outdoor activities, daily chores,…
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Storytime: Foolish John, A Louisiana Folktale narrated by Ted Lindsay
Read more: Storytime: Foolish John, A Louisiana Folktale narrated by Ted LindsayFoolish John is a literal-minded character who appears in American folk stories as a fool who always gets things right somehow. In Louisiana folk tales, he was called Jean Sotte, and he had many misadventures that resulted in happy outcomes despite all of his foolish interpretations of situations. A later year character who might have…
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Storytime: The Little Louisiana Pine Tree
Read more: Storytime: The Little Louisiana Pine TreeIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear an old folk tale told with Louisiana flair. This is the old-time tale of a little pine tree who cannot be satisfied with what she has. This pine tree wishes for new leaves, because she wants to be different from all the other pine trees. Somehow she…
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Storytime: The Ghost Tree by Yvette Landry
Read more: Storytime: The Ghost Tree by Yvette LandryFrom the swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin comes The Ghost Tree, a tale so terrifying that children will never forget its warning, and will never look at oak trees the same. The story of three brothers who defy their parents on All Hallow’s Eve was written by musician Yvette Landry of Breaux Bridge. We are so…
