Wendy Wilson Billiot-Before The Saltwater Came

America's vanishing wetland is an issue springing to the forefront of the nation's consiousness. Children will embrace and respond positively to "LaLoutre", as she gently tells of her life in the Louisiana marsh. They will learn about the beauty and charm of the wetland and hoe its gradual disappearance affects the wildlife. Both children and adults will be chalanges at the end of the story as "LaLoutre" asks, "Now, what will YOU do?"