Lebanese Arabic baby and toddler gifts
The moments Lebanese Arabic families mark, and what to bring to each one when you want the gift to still matter in five years.
A keepsake rather than a toy
Toys are outgrown by two. A wordbook stays in the family library and gets read most nights for years.
Hand-painted, by a real artist
Every illustration is watercolour painted by hand by the artist Digitalartsi. Nothing in these books is generated.
The actual dialect
Real spoken Lebanese Arabic, not Modern Standard Arabic. The words Teta and Jiddo use.
Readable by anyone
Latin transliteration under every word, so a parent who never learned the script can still read the bedtime story.
Occasions Lebanese Arabic families mark
The celebrations specific to this community, when a heritage-language gift lands hardest.
Everyday milestones
First birthdays, new arrivals, and gifts sent by grandparents who live somewhere else.
First Birthday
The first birthday is the gift moment of the year, across every culture, every language, every diaspora.
Baby Shower
The pre-baby celebration, a great time to gift something the family will use for years.
New Baby
Welcome a new baby into the world with a gift that grows with them.
From Grandparents
A gift from grandparents to a diaspora grandchild, across borders, across generations.
Christmas
The biggest gift moment of the year, for families of every background.
The book itself
100 first words in Lebanese Arabic, across 10 illustrated themes, in a board format built to survive a toddler.
See the Lebanese Arabic bookSending a gift from another country
Many of these books are bought by grandparents who live somewhere other than their grandchildren. Readers here are mostly in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Brazil. Books print on demand inside each Amazon marketplace, so an order placed from one country is printed and posted locally in the destination country, with no international postage and no customs charges.