Follow Mama and Papa Poss on their travels across North America to the birthplaces of Cajun, jazz, country, rock’n’roll, blues, and traditional French-Canadian music.

At the end of each story, explanatory notes delve into the key figures, instruments and customs behind each genre.

6 titles to be published:
*ROCKIN’ THE BAYOU IN LOUISIANA! (CAJUN MUSIC)
*GLORY DAYS IN NEW ORLEANS! (JAZZ)
*SUNNY DAYS IN A MEMPHIS STUDIO! (ROCK’N ROLL)
*HEADING TO NASHVILLE! (COUNTRY)
*MAKING IT BIG IN CHICAGO! (BLUES)
*FLYING HIGH ALL THE WAY TO QUÉBEC! (TRADITIONAL FRENCH-CANADIAN)

"A lighthearted tale about two possum musicians who make their way to New Orleans and discover jazz.

Mama and Papa Poss continue their musical odyssey on a boat bound for New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi, a sudden hurricane tosses one of the passengers overboard. Papa Poss jumps to the rescue, pulling none other than Louis Catstrong out of the crashing waves. In thanks, the famous feline trumpet player takes the duo to his club the French Quarter, where a group of cool cats are scratching up a new kind of music. Take a trip to the Big Easy in this swinging and scatting tale that pays homage to the city that invented jazz! ""LGlory Days in New Orleans!"" is the second story in the ""We’re a Possum Family Band"" series, which follows Mama and Papa Poss on their travels across North America to the birthplaces of Cajun, jazz, country, rock’n’roll, blues, and traditional Quebecois music. At the end of each story, explanatory notes delve into the key figures, instruments and customs behind each genre. The accompanying recordings, including the narration of the story and the songs "Alley Cat" and "Oh, When the Saints", can be accessed with a QR code printed in the book."

Bïa Krieger spent her teenage years in Brazil before moving to Paris where she recorded her first album in 1997 which was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix of the Charles-Cros Academy. Her album, Coeur Vagabond, produced in France and in Canada, received in 2006 the Prix Félix (French-Canadian equivalent of a Grammy) in the “Best World Music Album” category.

Fanny Berthiaume began her career as a model maker, animator and illustrator for various productions. While completing studies in visual effects, she joined the team of Raynault VFX and contributed to the creation of environments and matte paintings for famous productions such as Beauty and the Beast, X-Men: Apocalypse and Wild (by Academy award-winning director Jean-Marc Vallée). She then pursued her career at Digital Dimension where she acted as a concept artist on several animated TV shows such as “Zafari” and “Improbable Pirate Adventures.” Singer-songwriter.