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Why We Celebrate
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Why our family actually does all these things. Why We Celebrate brings together 35 books in one digital series. Explore the individual stories, their characters and themes below. A series purchase includes every listed book as it is released, with available narration. Reading ages, translations and audio readiness are specific to each book; previews and titles in preparation are labelled separately.
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- 23 languages
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- Why Do We Light Diyas on Diwali?Coming soon
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Why Do We Light Diyas on Diwali?
In preparation
- Why Do We Make Rangoli?Coming soon
Included · Book 2
Why Do We Make Rangoli?
In preparation
- Why Do We Clean the House Before Diwali?Coming soon
Included · Book 3
Why Do We Clean the House Before Diwali?
In preparation
- Why Do We Wear New Clothes on Diwali?Coming soon
Included · Book 4
Why Do We Wear New Clothes on Diwali?
In preparation
- Why Do We Give Sweets on Diwali?Coming soon
Included · Book 5
Why Do We Give Sweets on Diwali?
In preparation
- Why Do We Pray to Lakshmi on Diwali?Coming soon
Included · Book 6
Why Do We Pray to Lakshmi on Diwali?
In preparation
- Why Is Diwali Called the Festival of Lights?Coming soon
Included · Book 7
Why Is Diwali Called the Festival of Lights?
In preparation
- Why Do We Throw Colours at Holi?Coming soon
Included · Book 8
Why Do We Throw Colours at Holi?
In preparation
- Why Is There a Holika Fire?Coming soon
Included · Book 9
Why Is There a Holika Fire?
In preparation
Included · Book 10
Why Do We Dance Garba?
In preparation
- Why Do We Have Nine Nights of Navratri?Coming soon
Included · Book 11
Why Do We Have Nine Nights of Navratri?
In preparation
- Why Do We Carry an Aarti During Garba?Coming soon
Included · Book 12
Why Do We Carry an Aarti During Garba?
In preparation
- Why Do People Play Dandiya?Coming soon
Included · Book 13
Why Do People Play Dandiya?
In preparation
- Why Do We Celebrate Krishna's Birthday at Midnight?Coming soon
Included · Book 14
Why Do We Celebrate Krishna's Birthday at Midnight?
In preparation
- Why Do We Make a Little Krishna Cradle?Coming soon
Included · Book 15
Why Do We Make a Little Krishna Cradle?
In preparation
- Why Does My Sister Tie a Rakhi?Coming soon
Included · Book 16
Why Does My Sister Tie a Rakhi?
In preparation
- Why Do We Bring Ganesha Home?Coming soon
Included · Book 17
Why Do We Bring Ganesha Home?
In preparation
- Why Does Ganesha Go Into the Water?Coming soon
Included · Book 18
Why Does Ganesha Go Into the Water?
In preparation
Included · Book 19
Why Do We Fly Kites?
In preparation
- Why Do People Stay Awake for Shivratri?Coming soon
Included · Book 20
Why Do People Stay Awake for Shivratri?
In preparation
- Why Do We Celebrate New Year After Diwali?Coming soon
Included · Book 21
Why Do We Celebrate New Year After Diwali?
In preparation
Included · Book 22
Why Do We Celebrate Two New Years?
In preparation
- Why Do We Make a Pookalam for Onam?Coming soon
Included · Book 23
Why Do We Make a Pookalam for Onam?
In preparation
Included · Book 24
Why Does the Pongal Pot Boil Over?
In preparation
- Why Do We Go to the Gurdwara at Vaisakhi?Coming soon
Included · Book 25
Why Do We Go to the Gurdwara at Vaisakhi?
In preparation
- Why Is Durga Puja So Big in Bengal?Coming soon
Included · Book 26
Why Is Durga Puja So Big in Bengal?
In preparation
- Why Do We Stand in the River for Chhath?Coming soon
Included · Book 27
Why Do We Stand in the River for Chhath?
In preparation
Included · Book 28
Why Do We Eat Neem and Jaggery on Ugadi?
In preparation
- Why Do We Raise a Gudi on Gudi Padwa?Coming soon
Included · Book 29
Why Do We Raise a Gudi on Gudi Padwa?
In preparation
- Why Do We Dance Bihu?Coming soon
Included · Book 30
Why Do We Dance Bihu?
In preparation
Included · Book 31
Why Does Mum Look at the Moon on Karva Chauth?
In preparation
- Why Do We Thank Our Teachers on Guru Purnima?Coming soon
Included · Book 32
Why Do We Thank Our Teachers on Guru Purnima?
In preparation
Included · Book 33
Why Do We Celebrate Ram Navami?
In preparation
- Why Do We Celebrate Hanuman Jayanti?Coming soon
Included · Book 34
Why Do We Celebrate Hanuman Jayanti?
In preparation
Included · Book 35
Why Do We Burn Ravana on Dussehra?
In preparation
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33 books in the catalogue
4–6
33 books in the catalogue
7–12
35 books in the catalogue
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