How Cool Is That!

How cool is it to grow up with more than one culture? Pretty amazing!

How Cool Is That! by Anahita Tamaddon is a vibrant, heartwarming Persian-English (Farsi-English) bilingual picture book celebrating children who grow up surrounded by different cultures, languages, and family traditions.

Whether your child has Persian and Irish, Iranian and Mexican, or other multicultural roots, this joyful story shows little ones that having more than one cultural heritage is something to be proud of!

Through colorful illustrations and relatable family moments, young readers discover the beauty of blended traditions-from celebrating Nowruz and enjoying delicious ghormeh sabzi to sharing special foods, holidays, languages, and celebrations with the people they love.

• Three Ways to Read: Featuring English, Persian (Farsi), and Persian transliteration (Finglish), making it easier for families with different language abilities to enjoy the story together-even when they cannot read Persian script.

• Empowering Representation: A joyful celebration of mixed-heritage children, multicultural families, Iranian-American households, and Persian-speaking families who want to share their cultural roots with the next generation.

• Celebrate Every Part of Who You Are: Helps children appreciate their unique identities and understand that they don't have to choose between cultures. They can proudly embrace them all!

• Beautiful Cultural Connections: Introduces children to Persian traditions and the wonderful ways cultures come together through food, music, family life, and celebrations.

Whether you're building a bilingual home library, searching for a meaningful gift, or looking for a bedtime story that reflects your family's unique heritage, How Cool Is That! celebrates the joy of belonging to more than one world.

Because having more than one culture isn't confusing-it's something wonderful worth celebrating!