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32 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane
| January, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-2049-5$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-2050-1
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Illustrated by
Vashti Harrison.
This sweet, nicely repetitive story for the preschool set teaches colors ("Marigolds make orange") while describing how two children make petal-powders for tossing with neighbors in the streets for Holi. Joyful, color- and light-filled digital illustrations incorporate authentic North Indian details such as rangoli art, though other details seem more Americanized. An authors' note about Holi is appended. "Holi, hai!"