No Time Like Mardi Gras

No Time Like Mardi Gras
Author: Kimberly Lang
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460325753

A scandalous night—and no one will ever know! Mardi Gras might be the best party in the world, but Jamie Vincent is spending it third-wheeling with her new roommate. So when gorgeous stranger Colin Raine offers to show her around, how can she say no? Soon Jamie's seduced by the hedonistic carnival—and her delicious tour guide! Technically she's sworn off men, but for one night only, they can go crazy and no one will ever know…. Until everyone in New Orleans finds out! Now that Jamie's secret is out, it looks like what happened at Mardi Gras might not stay at Mardi Gras, after all….

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!

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.

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.

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.

The Mardi Gras Mystery

The Mardi Gras Mystery
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780671649616

Nancy joins her friends in New Orleans and gets involved in the investigation of the theft of a painting.

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.

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.

Mardi Gras Indians

Mardi Gras Indians
Author: Michael Smith
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1905
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781455608386

A sociological study of the African American carnival revelers in New Orleans who dress in Native American-influenced costumes. One of the most dazzling elements of the Mardi Gras celebrations, the Mardi Gras Indians receive the attention and respect of carnival-goers for their elaborately beaded costumes and entertaining dances. But what few realize about the groups is that the parading is more than just for show. Costuming, dancing, and all the rituals of these groups are acts of cultural preservation that date back more than a century. In this book, author Michael P. Smith addresses the sociological issues surrounding the mislabeled and rarely understood Maroon groups now known as “Mardi Gras Indians.” His textual analysis of the culture examines its African origins and how the participants help to develop the African American cultural identity. He looks at how some African Americans resisted efforts to suppress traditions that are re-emerging in modern society. Researched and documented by generations of oral and written history, this work clearly outlines the mistaken identification of the Mardi Gras Indians as just an entertainment element of the carnival season. It also shows the vital role this traditional culture plays in the community, much as the black Spiritual Churches do, in preserving an authentic base for the unique cultural heritage of blacks in New Orleans. This work illustrates how the Mardi Gras Indians are a part of the New Orleans second-line tradition. A dynamic element of this book is the collection of more than one hundred color photos. These prints capture the striking beauty of spectacles with a purpose far greater than entertaining. Combined with authoritative text by Smith, the visual images round out this examination of the roots of the Mardi Gras Indians and current practices of the whole range of African American cultural societies and parading groups in the Crescent City.