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Here Comes Holi: The Festival of Colors

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Written and illustrated by Meenal Pandya, Here Comes Holi: The Festival Of Colors retells the ancient East Indian folklore story about the young Prince Prahlad who dared to stand against his powerful and evil father King Hirnakasypu. This struggle of good and evil is associated with the annual festival of Holi that is celebrated throughout India today to welcome the spring. Vibrant color illustrations fully enhance this timeless adventure. Ideal for inclusion in school and community library multicultural picture book and folklore collections, Here Comes Holi: The Festival Of Colors is specially commended as being a most engaging and enjoyable storybook for young people everywhere.

Title: Here Comes Holi; The Festival of Colors

Author: Meenal Pandya

Publisher: MeeRa Publications

ISBN: 0-9635539-3-3

Review By: Diana Rohini LaVigne, Indian Life & Style Magazine

Here Comes Holi is a modern-day story telling of an ancient and important story. Children and adults alike will enjoy reading this colorful and easy-to-read book and get a deeper understanding of one of Hindus most celebrated holidays in the calendar year.

The colors, the illustrations and the well-worded text come together to form a beautiful introduction for children to learn more about Holi. Towards the back of the book, the author has put a quick-reference glossary and a short piece on how Holi is celebrated. These two parts are a beautiful addition to the story. `Here Comes Holi'

gives the spirit of the festival and is a great book for any child's bookshelf.

I ordered this book expecting a simple story on the playfulness of Holi for kids...the colours of Gulaal, splash of Pichkari , and the fun of singing songs. I was disappointed because it went in great detail describing the Prahlad Holika story, the cover page is quite misleading in that way. Not sure if there is a need to have books on the Prahlad story especially when there are other titles for childrens books available on that subject. Sadly, I had to return it.