12 Days of Mardi Gras

12 Days of Mardi Gras
Author: Melissa Thibault
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-10-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1455626414

Repetition, alliteration, and visual humor abound in this Mardi Gras themed riff on the iconic holiday song, perfect for emerging readers and early counters. As each day of the Mardi Gras season passes, a gift is given. Each of the many, many, many gifts is familiar to those who embrace the season's traditions. Coming in twos, twelves, fives and fours, the gifts include majestic masks, floats a rolling, golden shoes, and cherished cups. Colorful illustrations provide lots of additional hijinks and engagement in this soon-to-be-classic holiday tale!

Dinosaur Mardi Gras

Dinosaur Mardi Gras
Author: Dianne De Las Casas
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN: 1455616680

Dinosaurs parade down the streets of New Orleans during the Mardi Gras carnival. Includes glossary and related craft activity.

Delphine Denise and the Mardi Gras Prize

Delphine Denise and the Mardi Gras Prize
Author: Brittany Mazique
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807515477

Delphine Denise likes things BIG. And what's bigger than a Mardi Gras prize? "Kids will connect with Delphine's holiday excitement, even when it causes trouble, and learn from the mistakes she makes."—Booklist Every year, Delphine Denise Debreaux and her friends ride their bikes together in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. But this year, there's a shiny prize for best float—and Delphine Denise just has to win it. How can her friends remind Delphine Denise what the parade is really all about? This joyful picture book, inspired by the author's own experience celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans as a child, explores the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the holiday. Full of vibrant and festive illustrations, this story reminds readers that winning isn't everything, and the best way to let the good times roll is in the company of friends.

Mardi Gras and Carnival

Mardi Gras and Carnival
Author: Molly Aloian
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2009-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778747550

Introduces Mardi Gras and the Carnival festival, including the history of the holiday and how it is celebrated throughout the world.

Mimi's First Mardi Gras

Mimi's First Mardi Gras
Author: Elizabeth Moore, Alice Couvillon, Marilyn Rougelot
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1999
Genre: Carnival
ISBN: 9781455608898

Mimi and her parents enjoy the color and excitement of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and observe many traditional aspects of the celebration.

All on a Mardi Gras Day

All on a Mardi Gras Day
Author: Reid MITCHELL
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674041178

In this study, Reid Mitchell takes the reader to Mardi Gras - a yearly ritual that sweeps the multicultural city of New Orleans into a frenzy of parades, pageantry, dance, drunkenness, music, sexual display, and social and political bombast.

Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras

Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras
Author: Rice, James
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1983
Genre: Alligators
ISBN: 9781455604722

Gaston the alligator is invited to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

The Little Purple Mardi Gras Bead

The Little Purple Mardi Gras Bead
Author: Julie Rowley
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692288771

The Little Purple Mardi Gras Bead is a story created in anticipation of Mardi Gras day. It is a wonderful story that shows how two wishes magically come true.

Lords of Misrule

Lords of Misrule
Author: James Gill
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1997
Genre: Carnival
ISBN: 9781604736380

"Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celerated Carnival since its days as a French and Spanish colonial outpost, the rituals familiar today were largely established in the Civil War era by a white male elite." -- back cover.

Randolph Solves the Mardi Gras Mystery

Randolph Solves the Mardi Gras Mystery
Author: Pat Hornsby Crochet
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-09-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1455625825

Randolph is back, and this time it's to save Mardi Gras! It's Randolph's first time at a Mardi Gras parade, and the little coonhound and his best friend, Olivia, are having the time of their lives. Until . . . Oh no! Disaster strikes! A masked bandit tries to ruin Mardi Gras, and Olivia is sure her outing to the parade is over. Randolph, the cutest, most curious puppy, would do anything to see his best friend smile. He knows that it's up to him to save the day! Together the pair takes off in search of the only thing that can get the parade back on track. What's that thing, you ask? Follow along to see if the Mardi Gras mystery gets solved! Randolph learns lessons about friendship, intertwined with a little Louisiana tradition in this adventure that will have readers exclaiming, "Laissez les bons temps rouler!"