On Mardi Gras Day

On Mardi Gras Day

Author: Fatima Shaik

Publisher: Dial Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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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

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0674041178

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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.


12 Days of Mardi Gras

12 Days of Mardi Gras

Author: Melissa Thibault

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-10-11

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1455626414

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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

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0807515477

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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

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1455616680

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


Mimi's First Mardi Gras

Mimi's First Mardi Gras

Author: Elizabeth Moore, Alice Couvillon, Marilyn Rougelot

Publisher: Pelican Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781455608898

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


Mardi Gras: Chronicles

Mardi Gras: Chronicles

Author: Errol Laborde

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2013-09-10

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781455617647

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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.


Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras

Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras

Author: Rice, James

Publisher: Pelican Publishing

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781455604722

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


Lords of Misrule

Lords of Misrule

Author: James Gill

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9781604736380

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"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.