Happy Mardi Gras!

Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday!
Check out our Mardi Gras display in Children's Services to find out more about the origins and traditions of this holiday, and to see the work that goes into creating the annual event held in New Orleans!

Some of our favorite Mardi Gras books include:
The Greentail Mouse by Leo Lionni
On Mardi Gras Day by Fatima Shaik
Jenny Giraffe's Mardi Gras by Cecilia Dartez

Celebrate Mardi Gras at the Library!

Don't let winter get you down! Spring is just around the corner!

Join us at our family-friendly Mardi Gras celebration where we'll learn about the worldwide history of this holiday, make masks and shoe-box floats, sample a traditional King Cake and listen to some jazz. If you want, you can recycle your old Halloween gear and come in costume for the parade!

Celebrate Mardi Gras in Children's Services at the Main Library on Saturday, January 26. We will have a family Mardi Gras Open House from 2:00 to 4:00 and conclude with a parade of children at 3:30.

Join us!