Louisiana Plantation Coloring Book, The
by Cecilia Casrill Dartez, Joseph A. Arrigo
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction

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 plantationi s 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.