Take a trip down the Mississippi River and enter theonce-upon-a-time world of plantation life. Plantation homes line the banks ofthe Mississippi River from St. Francisville to New Orleans. Dating back to the1700s, these elegant mansions have formal ballrooms, delicate chandeliers, andlarge, open porches that overlook landscaped gardens.The simple, delightful drawings are easy to color, inviting participation byeven pre-school children. Written to appeal to younger and older childrenalike, the text that accompanies each drawing tells interesting anecdotes and alittle history of the antebellum homes featured. Imaginations will be sparkedby descriptions of the homes, furnishings, and special rooms that once housedrocking horses and charming china dolls.Some of the plantation homes featured in The Louisiana PlantationColoring Book include the San Francisco plantation home, one of themost elaborate plantations on the Mississippi; Houmas House, once the mainhouse on a prosperous sugar plantation; and Nottoway, with its 64 rooms and 200windows.A map shows each plantations location along the Mississippi from NewOrleans to St. Francisville. Construction dates are given for each plantationhome featured.The Louisiana Plantation Coloring Book opens up the leisurely,romantic world of times past and will continue to delight children even afterthey have finished coloring.
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Cecilia Casrill Dartez holds a bachelor of arts degree from Tulane University. She completed her graduate studies in reading instruction and psychology at Tulane University and Princeton University. A certified elementary-school teacher in the state of Louisiana, Dartez worked as a teacher in New Orleans for many years. She is a popular presenter at schools,
More about Cecilia DartezJoseph A. Arrigo, a New Orleans author and artist, has written and illustrated several books about the South. His ink drawings won numerous local and regional awards. He is the author of Mississippi Gulf Coast Scenes and The French Quarter and Other New Orleans Scenes, as well as the author and illustrator of Steamboats on the River Coloring Book, Historic N
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