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When is enough really enough? Bon Dieu! In this Cajun take on a Brothers Grimm classic, can you ever have too much of a good thing? When fisherman Paul catches a talking fish, it promises to grant him a wish if he lets it go. As proof, the supernatural sac-à-lait piles crawfish into his boat. Paul returns home with his reward. It seems his wife is just not satisfied! She dreams up progressively outlandish demands each time he returns home. Eventually everyone learns that you must be careful what you wish for if you want to hang on to what's really important. In this third collaboration between author Connie Collins Morgan and illustrator Herb Leonhard, the wonderfully woven tale is brought to life with moody and expressive images with a Louisiana flair. Readers of all ages will delight in this soon-to-be classic Cajun tale!

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In this Cajun adaptation of the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, will a fisherman's best intentions be enough? Bon Dieu!When fisherman Paul catches a talking sac-a-lait, it promises to grant him a wish if he lets it go. When Paul doesn't quite believe his eyes, the sac-a-lait piles crawfish into his boat. He goes back to his wife to tell his tall tale, arms full of crawfish, but she is indignant. She wants more! Paul goes back to ask the sac-a-lait for more and more over and over again. All he wants is for his wife to be happy! What happens when the wife asks for too much? Find out in this instant Cajun classic from the talented team of author Connie Collins Morgan and illustrator Herb Leonhard!

Author Biography

Connie Collins Morgan grew up minutes away from the magical bayous of Lafayette Parish in Louisiana. Her deep passion for the power of the written word led her to a degree in elementary education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and then to an MFA in children's literature from Hollins University. She and her husband live in the mountains of West Virginia near their four children but far from her Cajun home. Her French heritage, however, remains always close at heart. Her first book with Pelican, The Runaway Beignet, was also a collaboration with illustrator Leonhard.Herb Leonhard received a BFA in illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. His award-winning work has appeared in D Magazine, among other publications. He is the illustrator of several other Pelican books, including St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice, Way Out West on My Little Pony, A Southern Child's Garden of Verses, Leonardo's Monster, I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word, A Is for Alliguitar: Musical Alphabeasts, and Southern Mother Goose. Leonhard lives in Prosser, Washington.

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