Yalda Night Celebration (My Persian Family)

A Yalda Night story for children ages 4–10, from the My Persian Family series — in English, in Persian, and in Persian spelled out in English letters.

The transliteration follows the system created by Mona Kiani of Englisi Farsi, so parents who speak Persian but never learned to read it can read aloud to their kids too.

Celebrate Yalda Night with seven-year-old Dina and her Persian-American family.

Together they make pomegranate soup, set up the sofreh, play the santoor, tell stories from the Shahnameh, and read Hafez on the longest night of the year.

Is this book right for your child?

Ages 4–10. Warm, simple text for reading aloud. Three ways to read it: English, Persian, and Persian in English letters. The real Yalda traditions : the soup, the sofreh, the santoor, Hafez, and the Shahnameh. Good for Persian and Iranian families, winter solstice reading, and a Yalda gift. Also in the My Persian Family series: My Maman , My Baba , My Grandma and Grandpa .