"Chloe spends a day off with her dad, but she unexpectedly comes across Professor Adams's latest creation. Hundreds of crawfish, armed with pencils and paintbrushes, swarm downtown and give it an artistic makeover. But the mayor isn't happy about another incident with the professor's mutants, and he threatens to shut down the experiments for good"--Provided by publisher.
Provides an introduction to crayfish and where they live, explains what a life cycle is, follows the birth, growth, and adulthood of a crayfish, and discusses why some species of crayfish are endangered.
Delighted to think that anyone believes him to be big, the littlest tadpole in his pod befriends a baby crayfish and remembers him fondly when they are separated until years later, when they are reunited during an encounter with a snake.
Although Clovis Crawfish and his bayou friends are afraid of the large, insect-devouring mantis that invades their home, they earn her gratitude by rescuing her when she gets stuck in the mud.
