Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.

SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION

906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Shoe Carnival, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending April 28, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I W. Kerry Jackson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  June 7, 2012	By:  /s/ W. Kerry Jackson
	W. Kerry Jackson
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer