The King Cake Baby

By Keila V. Dawson

Subjects: Festivals, fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Gingerbread boy, King cakes, Adaptations, Mardi Gras, Children's fiction, Carnival

Description: In this New Orleans version of The Gingerbread Man, the King Cake Baby, a small figure that is traditionally baked inside a king cake during Carnival season, escapes and encounters various local characters as he runs across the French Quarter, heading for the Mississippi River. Includes a recipe for king cake.