Dianne de Las Casas (1970–2017)
Author of The Cajun Cornbread Boy
About the Author
Dianne de Las Casas was born on January 15, 1970 in the Philippines. She was a children's author and storyteller. Her books included Beware, Beware of the Big Bad Bear. She founded Picture Book Month, celebrated in November and recognized by the American Association of School Librarians. She show more received the Storytelling World Resource Award in 2005, 2010, and 2011. She died of smoke inhalation resulting from a house fire on August 21, 2017 at the age of 47. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Dianne de Las Casas
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- de Las Casas, Dianne
- Legal name
- Casas, Dianne
- Birthdate
- 1970-01-15
- Date of death
- 2017-08-21
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Philippines (birth)
USA (citizenship) - Places of residence
- Harvey, Louisiana, USA (New Orleans)
- Education
- University of New Orleans
- Occupations
- Author
Storyteller - Relationships
- Eliana, Kid Chef (daughter)
- Organizations
- Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, National Storytelling Network, International Reading Association, Texas Library Association
- Awards and honors
- iParenting Media Award, NAPPA Honors Award, Storytelling World Honors, Children's Music Web Awards, School Library Journal Audio of the Week
- Short biography
- Dianne de Las Casas is an author and award-winning storyteller who tours internationally presenting programs, educator/librarian training, workshops and artist residencies. Her performances, dubbed “traditional folklore gone fun” and “revved-up storytelling” are full of energetic audience participation. Dianne’s professional books include Story Fest: Crafting Story Theater Scripts; Kamishibai Story Theater: The Art of Picture Telling; Handmade Tales: Stories to Make and Take; Tangram Tales: Story Theater Using the Ancient Chinese Puzzle, The Story Biz Handbook, and Scared Silly: 25 Tales to Tickle and Thrill. Her children’s books include The Cajun Cornbread Boy, Madame Poulet & Monsieur Roach, and Mama’s Bayou. Visit her website at www.storyconnection.net.
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The Cajun Cornbread Boy by Dianne De Las Casas
The first time I heard this book, I was teaching at a school in Jefferson parish. The author came to read to the whole school. The author read the book was with so much enthusiasm and passion you couldn't help but be enamored by the story she was reading. I love all the different twists on classic fairy tales, and I love reading to my students. I use stories such as this to teach compare and contrast. As opposed to other fairy tales that do not contain many cultures, this story has a rich tradition and culture entwined into the cajun culture.… (more)
"The Cajun Cornbread Boy" tells the story of an old lady who always wanted a child. One day, she made cajun cornbread inside her magic skillet and Cornbread Boy came to life! He quickly ran out of the house and encountered a raccoon, fox and an alligator. All of the animals tried to eat him. The alligator told Cornbread Boy that he could swim him across the bayou, but he gobbled him up instead! The alligator quickly spit him out because Cornbread Boy was filled with cajun spices. All of the animals learned a lesson, which is not to trick people. I loved reading this book because it is a Louisiana twist on The Gingerbread Man. I will use this book when my class does a unit on Louisiana History and explain where "Cajun Country" is in our state.… (more)
A fun twist on The Gingerbread Man, The Cajun Cornbread Boy tells a similar story but takes place in Louisiana instead. I read this book to my class during our Louisiana theme and they loved it. I really enjoyed how the story had some French words in it and included animals that can be seen throughout Louisiana.
I thought this was a really cute book especially with living in Louisiana. We are known as the cajun state and this would be a great book to share with children in the fall. I think this could be a great book before thanksgiving and you could do a workshop with the cajun culture and bake some corn bread for the class to eat. Everyone loves a snack so I think that would really get the children interested with bringing them some corn bread to try.
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- Works
- 30
- Members
- 249
- Popularity
- #91,698
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 25
- ISBNs
- 41
