Our Family Does...

Your Family's Celebrations Deserve a Book of Their Own

There is a dish that only appears on the most important days. A song that means the season has arrived. A moment at the end of every day that is entirely, unmistakably yours.

Our Family 👪 Does... puts all of it on the page. The real names of your favourite foods. The clothing worn on special occasions. The seasonal celebrations your child looks forward to all year, written the way your family says them, in your language, with English warmly alongside.

Read together at bedtime, before a celebration, or on a quiet afternoon, this book becomes the one your child reaches for every time a favourite tradition is coming.

The Second Book in Your Family's Story 📗

Our Family Does... is Book 2 of the Our Family Story 3 Book Set, three hardcover picture books that grow with your child from birth to age 6:

• Our Family Is... Identity, heritage, and the people your child loves most
• Our Family Does... Traditions, celebrations, foods, and rituals that make your year feel like home
• Our Family Says... The greetings, pet names, and everyday expressions that fill your home with love

Each book stands beautifully on its own. Together, they become a one-of-a-kind family portrait your child will return to for years.

This book: Hardcover $75 Complete 3 Book Set: Hardcover $175 with free shipping (regular $225)

Built Around Your Real Traditions

You know what your family celebrates and how you celebrate it. We build this book around exactly that.

We give you a simple, warm questionnaire with categories and prompts. You fill in your family's real words, in your own language, your own spelling, your own way. You can even share personal photos or family artwork to weave into the pages.

Here is what we gather from you:

• Your family's celebrations, holidays, and seasonal traditions with their real names in your language
• The foods that appear on your table for special occasions and what your family calls them
• Clothing, textiles, or objects worn or used during celebrations, with their names in your home language
• Everyday routines and rituals that make your family's days feel like home
• Your home language and any second language spoken at home
• Nicknames, expressions, and terms of endearment from your everyday life
• Personal photos or family artwork you would love included (optional)

Every detail you share becomes part of the story. Every word you give us lands on the page exactly as your family says it.

Simple Enough for Toddlers. Rich Enough to Last a Lifetime.

Our Family Does... is 20 to 40 pages of warm, simple storytelling designed for little ones under 5. Short sentences, rich illustrations, and real family words that children absorb naturally through repetition and read-alouds.

Home language words sit comfortably alongside English throughout every page. Your child hears "Eid" and "roti" and "ribbon skirt" and "Nowruz" on the page in their own story, night after night, and those words settle into who they are. That is culture preservation through joy, and it starts at bedtime.

The Window Before School

For families raising children in Canada who are under 5 and not yet in school, this book arrives at exactly the right moment.

School is coming. English is coming. The world outside your door will teach your child so much. Our Family Does... makes sure your traditions, your celebrations, and the beautiful rhythms of your family life travel with your child into that world, rooted deeply in who they are before the rush begins.

Created In Canada, For Families Who Carry Two Worlds

Proudly created in Canada, with deep respect for the cultures, traditions, and celebrations that newcomer families carry with them when they build a life here.

Your child is growing up Canadian. They are also growing up as something beautifully richer than that. This book holds both truths at once, honouring the traditions you brought with you while celebrating the new ones you are building right here.

Whether your family speaks Filipino · عربي · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · አማርኛ · 中文 · Українська · Español · हिन्दी · or any language you call home, your celebrations belong in your child's book.

One Family. One Book. Yours Alone. 📖

Every Our Family Does... is individually crafted for your household and exists only for you. Professionally designed, beautifully printed as a hardcover keepsake, and delivered to your door ready for tonight's storytime.

This book: Hardcover $75 📗 Complete Our Family Story 3 Book Set: 3 Beautiful Hardcover Books $175 with free shipping (regular $225) 📚

How It Works

1. Place your order
2. Share your family's story
   Fill in our warm, simple questionnaire with your traditions, celebrations, foods, and the words only your family uses
3. We write and design your book
   Our storytelling team builds your personalized picture book around everything you share. We write the stories, design the pages, and place your home language and English side by side on every page.
4. Review and approve
   You see your story before it goes to print. You tell us what to change. We make it right.
5. Receive your keepsake
   Your hardcover book arrives beautifully printed and ready to read

Why Families Love It

• Gives children under 5 a joyful, concrete sense of what their family celebrates and why it matters
• Builds bilingual vocabulary naturally through the real names of foods, clothing, and traditions
• Celebrates the cultural practices and seasonal rhythms of your specific family
• Creates a hardcover heirloom that children return to every time a favourite celebration approaches
• Helps preserve cultural traditions and home language during the most important developmental window of your child's life

Common Questions

What is Our Family Does...?
It is a fully personalized hardcover picture book built around your family's real traditions, celebrations, foods, clothing, and cultural rituals. Designed for little ones under 5, it is simple, warm, and made to be read together again and again, especially in the lead-up to your favourite family celebrations.

Can the book include our home language?
Absolutely, and that is exactly the point. You provide the real names of your foods, clothing, celebrations, and traditions in your home language, and we write them into the story alongside English. Whether your family speaks Filipino · عربي · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · አማርኛ · 中文 · Українська or any other language, your words belong in your child's heart and on every page.

How do we personalize our book?
After placing your order, you receive a warm, simple questionnaire. You fill in your family's real details: celebrations, traditions, foods, clothing, seasonal moments, home language words, and anything else that makes your family's year uniquely yours. You can even share personal photos or family artwork to include in the illustrations.

Who is this book designed for?
Multicultural and newcomer families with children under 5 growing up in bilingual or multilingual homes. It is also deeply meaningful for Indigenous families who want to preserve traditional seasonal ceremonies, foods, clothing, and cultural practices for the next generation. If your family has traditions worth passing on, this book is for you.

How long does it take to receive my book?
Once you complete your personalization questionnaire and approve your story preview, your book is professionally printed and delivered to your door. Allow 16 days from draft approval to delivery in Canada.

Is this book part of a series?
Yes! Our Family Does... is Book 2 of the Our Family Story 3 Book Set. Each book is available individually (hardcover, $75). The complete 3 Book Set is available as a hardcover set for $175 with free shipping (regular $225), making the set the most beautiful way to experience the full family story.