Prissy Sissy Tea Party Series Mardi Gras Tea Party Book 3 Tea Time Improves Manners

By Elizabeth Long

The Prissy Sissy Tea Party series of childrens books is centered on tea parties. The setting is a small town in the South. Sissys parents own a private school, LEcole Par Excellence, and a bed-and-breakfast inn known as Magnolia Manor.

The main character is Sissy, an eight-year-old who is the product of a Southern mother who believes strongly in maintaining the social graces, customs, and traditions of the past and a retired father who was a military officer but is now headmaster of their private school. Sissy blends her mothers influence with her own travel experiences and exposure to various cultures made possible because of her fathers military assignments. She then tells her story in her own Prissy Sissy way.

Her four best friends are Lauren, Zack, Alex, and Zeus, her Doberman Pinscher. There are several exchange students attending the school who will appear as special guests when a tea party focuses on their homeland.

These books teach readers manners, tea etiquette, and social graces.

I am aware that todays world is one giant global society. Writing about other countries and studying their history and culture lend a cosmopolitan flavor to these books.

Different tea customs are explored and put into practice at the tea table. Artistic and musical personalities are also an integral part of this series.

Each book has a particular theme incorporating the aforementioned elements.

Areas of interest:
Vocabulary building
Manners
Tea etiquette
History
Cultural arts, music and art
Other cultures and customs
Humanities

These books will appeal to children aged four to ten.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514482599

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Copyright © 2016 by Elizabeth Long. 724599

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016905539

ISBN:   Softcover      978-1-5144-8260-5

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Rev. date: 04/22/2016

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Prissy Sissy

TEA PARTY SERIES

Mardi Gras

Tea Party

Book 3

Tea Time Improves Manners

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Bonjour! (French for hello). At today’s tea party we’re going to celebrate Mardi Gras (French word for Fat Tuesday). You wonder, What is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras is the day before Ash Wednesday which is the beginning of the Lenten Season (40 weekdays before Easter). It is the last big party day before a period of fasting (a time when you’re not supposed to eat meat).

As they say in New Orleans, Louisiana, during Mardi Gras Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! (Let The Good Times Roll!).

Many Catholic countries like Italy, Germany, Belgium, and Brazil celebrate Mardi Gras. Italy has its Carnevale; Germany has Fasching and Carneval; Belgium has the Carnival of Binche. The carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is known worldwide; thousands of people flock to Rio to attend this festival.

We will talk more about celebrations of other countries later. But first, let’s focus on America’s largest Mardi Gras Celebration which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana.

New Orleans is not the only city in America to celebrate a Mardi Gras Festival, but it is the largest and most famous.

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It is almost four o’clock . Tea Time! Here they come! My three best friends Alex,