Personalized Holi Books for Kids

A Holi Story Starring Your Child

Your child in the middle of the color fight, throwing pink gulal at a cousin, dodging the pichkari, stopping for a gujiya. You won't find a Holi book with their face and name in it on a shelf, so this one is written and drawn for your family, whether it's a toddler's first Holi or an early reader who knows the story of Prahlad by heart.

• Your child plays Holi in the story, drawn from a photo
• Written around how your family celebrates, at home or at the temple
• Add parents, siblings, grandparents, and cousins as characters, up to 4 people
• The bonfire night, the day of colors, or both
• A hardcover that comes out every spring

Stories for the Festival of Colors

Colors, sweets, and the story behind them. Choose one, or describe your family's Holi:

• The Day of Colors: Your child and their cousins cover each other, and the whole street, in color
• The Bonfire Night: Gathering around the Holika Dahan fire the night before Holi
• Prahlad's Story: A kid-friendly retelling of Prahlad and Holika, with your child listening or in the story
• Grandma's Gujiya: Making sweets for Holi with the grandparent who knows the recipe
• Build Your Own Holi Story: Describe your Holi: the colors, the food, the music, and who's there

A Holi Keepsake for Families Far From Home

For a lot of families, Holi here is a park or a temple parking lot on the nearest weekend, and the Holi you grew up with filled a whole street for a whole day. A personalized Holi book is a way to hand that down: the songs, the thandai, the way your grandmother played, with your child in the middle of it.

Read it every spring, and let the grandparents tell the parts that aren't in the book yet.