{"id":12526,"date":"2022-03-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12526"},"modified":"2022-02-11T11:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:07:35","slug":"its-mardi-gras-lets-go-to-carnival-a-celebration-in-saint-lucia-by-baptiste-paul-jana-glatt-picture-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12526","title":{"rendered":"It’s Mardi Gras! Let’s go TO CARNIVAL: a Celebration in Saint Lucia! by Baptiste Paul & Jana Glatt (Picture Book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The music, the parade, the food – little Melba loves so much about Carnival that she can hardly sleep the night before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, no! How could her family leave for the morning parade without her?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she hurries to the bus stop, the young girl meets a steel pan drummer heading to town, too. Oh, there goes the bus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they stop to help her friend Kelwin get his kite down from a tree, the bus passes them by again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurrying to town, the group grows as birds and animals of Saint Lucia<\/a> join them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will they get there in time to see the parade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author’s childhood memories of this Caribbean island come alive with vibrant images by the Brazilian illustrator. This title is also available in Spanish and French!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find Creole word pronunciations and meanings at the end of the book, as well as more about Carnival – celebrated in many nations leading up to Mardi Gras (that’s today!)<\/a> and other times as locally chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What costume would you wear to join in the Carnival parade?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: To Carnival: a Celebration in Saint Lucia! \/ Baptiste Paul; art by Jana Glatt. Barefoot Books, 2021. [author site<\/a>] [artist site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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