"I once ate more than eighty king cakes in a single Carnival," author Matt Haines proudly remembers, demonstrating his dedication to this delicious Mardi Gras tradition. "So you can imagine how amazed I was to learn there has never been a coffee table book...

What child isn’t excited to get the baby in the king cake? But it’s not all fun and games for third-grader Miley. After finding the baby in her slice of cake, she is crowned Queen of her classroom and quickly learns her new power...

The move from spectator to participant is a quantum leap. Yet each Mardi Gras in New Orleans, thousands of people make that leap, abandoning inhibition and reveling in the ever-growing creative phenomenon of marching krewes. To celebrate this untold story, I Wanna Do That!...