That’s right: every week we are going to celebrate some small holiday! We want you to join us in celebrating every week – because really, everyone needs a little more happiness in their lives.
Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today! (We celebrate you in doing this!)
So, technically this is not a small holiday – this is Mardi Gras! So this is the perfect time in your library to celebrate! This is carnival time, and it’s a good time to do some library celebrations.
Here are a few books you might use to enjoy:
- Mardi Gras in New Orleans, by Madison Webb (Author), Mellissa Moore (Illustrator)
- Mardi Gras Almost Didn’t Come This Year, by (Author), Carl Joe Williams (Illustrator)
- Mardi Gras Festival Coloring Book: Mardi Gras Mask To Color and Having Fun During Mardi Gras Event. Mardi Gras Illustrations To Anxiety and Stress Relief For Adults, by Mardi Gras Festival Coloring Book (Author)
- Mardi Gras to Mistletoe: A Cookbook of Festive Favorites from the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier, by Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier Inc
- Mardi Gras: Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival, by Errol Laborde (Author), Peggy Laborde (Author), Mitchel Osborne (Photographer)
And this is a good holiday to celebrate with some programming:
- if you want to go big and order a king cake from New Orleans, they are tasty and fun to decorate: remember that whoever finds the baby in your slice buys the next cake!
- decorate the library with yellow, green, and purple; let patrons help with the decorations – they can cut out snowflakes or other shapes in the colors, make streamers, or just cut up construction paper confetti to throw
- bring in guests to talk about Carnival in assorted countries
- host a masked event – maybe a fundraiser? bring in musicians to play, share book suggestions, and other fun events
That’s right: every week we are going to celebrate some small holiday! We want you to join us in celebrating every week – because really, everyone needs a little more happiness in their lives.
Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today! (We celebrate you in doing this!)