Mardi Gras Parade of Posters

Mardi Gras Parade of Posters
Author: Andrea Mistretta
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781589807785

The popular poster series presented in opulent color. This collection of vibrant posters contains dozens of iconic Carnival memories from renowned airbrush artist Andrea Mistretta. Glimmering like colored jewels against the book's velvety black background, the flamboyant posters have delighted locals and tourists alike since 1985. Created for lovers of New Orleans, art collectors, and Mardi Gras aficionados, this beautiful volume gathers all of the posters in the series for the first time to stunning effect.

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!

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.

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.

On Mardi Gras Day

On Mardi Gras Day
Author: Fatima Shaik
Publisher: Dial Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Two children participating in the traditional Mardi Gras celebration see such sights as the Zulu and Rex parades, enjoying the songs, bright costumes, and gigantic floats.

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.

Everyone Loves a Parade!*

Everyone Loves a Parade!*
Author: Andrea Denish
Publisher: Thinkingdom
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1635924049

Included on the SCBWI Recommended Reading List 2020 Everyone loves a parade, right? Well, almost everyone! In this colorful picture book, young readers can take a rollicking, rhyming journey through some of the most celebrated parades in the United States. Music, costumes, food, and fun. The sights and sounds of a parade are exciting! From Mardi Gras and Chinese New Year to St. Patrick's Day and LGBTQ+Pride, each celebration is a joy for kids, and most adults. With rhyming text and bold illustrations, children will love this festive and humorous look at some of the country's most well-known parades that features a surprise ending.

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.

Mardi Gras: Chronicles

Mardi Gras: Chronicles
Author: Errol Laborde
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-09-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781455617647

The definitive guide to all things Mardi Gras . . . past and present! From Twelfth Night to Ash Wednesday, New Orleans is transformed. Queens and fools, demons and dragons reign over the Crescent City. This vividly photographed book is a lively, comprehensive history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Fascinating and intimate, this book seamlessly intertwines the past with the present.

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.