Happy Songkran Day!: The Thai New Year Celebration

Tida waits all year to celebrate Songkran with her family, and though her excitement leads to mishaps while cooking with her grandma, visiting the temple, and joining the water festivities, she learns through her familys guidance to embrace the Thai New Year tradition of forgiveness and renewal.

Dow Phumiruk is a retired pediatrician who now works as a children’s book author and illustrator. Her numerous picture books include the award-winning Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker and Maya Lin by Jean Walker-Harvey. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and now lives in Colorado with her husband and three daughters.