Format:
Book
Title:
Mardi Gras and Carnival / Molly Aloian.
Author:
Aloian, Molly.
Call Number:
j394.25 Aloian
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2010.
Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Summary:
Put on a mask and join the street party for Mardi Gras. Learn all about this colorful New Orleans' holiday, where people enjoy food and fun before the beginning of Lent, a period of reflection and giving up things we enjoy. Explore the history of Mardi Gras, and Carnival, and all its different customs taken from around the world!
Target Audience Note:
Lexile: 750.
Series:
Celebrations in my world
Celebrations in my world.
Subjects:
Carnival -- Juvenile literature.
Carnival.
Contents:
What is Mardi Gras? -- Lent and Mardi Gras -- What is Carnival? -- History of Mardi Gras -- Mardi Gras foods -- Secret clubs -- Dressing up -- History of Carnival parades -- Carnival parades today -- Costume balls -- Royalty for a day -- Music of Carnival -- Mardi Gras in New Orleans -- Canada's Winter Carnival.
ISBN:
9780778747550 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
0778747557 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
9780778747734 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0778747735 (pbk. : alk. paper)