This miniature book of Gaston Goes to Mardi Grasto hang on your tree tells the story of how Gaston the green-nosedalligator has returned from the swamp and is taking adventurous readers ona tour of Mardi Gras. The things he sees on his journey are the realevents that take place during Carnival! In Cajun country, Gaston joins aCourir du Mardi Gras group, enjoys spicy gumbo, and dances in a faisdo-do until dawn.Gastons voyage then leads him to New Orleans for even more newsights. On his way, he spies a secret krewe building beautiful floats.Gaston gets to ride along with the Krewe of Zulu as they deliver paintedcoconuts to the crowds who are yelling, "Throw me something,Mister!" The magnificent parade of Rex, King of Carnival, delightsGaston. The festivities continue late into the night as krewe membersdance the night away at magical balls. Come join Gaston in his Mardi Grasdiscovery!

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Gaston .

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2001 by Pelican Publishing Co .

Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including the illustrations for Pelican's treasured The Night Before Christmas Series. Rice's first book, the well-loved classic Cajun Night Before Christmas (R), has more than 750, 000 copies in print. Young readers can enjoy more of Gaston (R)'s adventures in Gaston (R) Goes to Mardi Gras and sample Rice's other children's stories with favorites such as Texas Jack at the Alamo. With more than 1. 5 million copies of his books in print, Rice ranks among the nation's best-selling creators of children's books, receiving awards from Printer Industries of America and the Children's Book Council, among others. Years after his death, Rice's family found the art and text Gaston (R) Joins the Circus, and this discovery has brought Gaston (R) back for one more adventure!