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Carnival

Flanagan, Alice K.

Book - 2004

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All about the history of Carnival and Mardi Gras, and how the festivals are celebrated today in the United States, Brazil, the Caribbean, in Canada, and in Mexico.

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Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2004.

ISBN: 9780756504786
0756504783

Branch Call Number: J 394.25 Fla

Characteristics: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Additional Contributors: Collier-Morales, Roberta
Labbo, Linda D.

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