
Dr. Bashi™ is an independent, woman/minority owned social-impact NY-state registered children's media company based in the heart of New York's Upper West Side 🗽We publish fun, educational and empowering Social Justice Picture Books on hitherto misrepresented, underrepresented, and erased nations and communities.
The first title in Dr. Bashi™ Diverse Children's Books Series, is the 2017 critically acclaimed P is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet Book, a world-first and instant best-seller, followed by the globally-celebrated Counting Up the Olive Tree: A Palestine Number Book (2019) and the forthcoming semi-autobiographical Persian/English bilingual picture book The Spring Solstice New Year Festival: A Persian Nowruz Story from Iran & Afghanistan (2020).
The makers of the 2013/14 Limited Edition world's first pedagogically-advanced, durable, gender/race conscious PERSIAN and ARABIC wooden building blocks in Vermont, USA (now collectors items), Dr. Bashi™ was nominated in 2016 for the prestigious U.S. Women In Toys ‘Wonder Woman’ Award in the Designer/Inventor category–Fellow nominees included executives at major corporations, such as Disney, Mattel, Lego, and Hasbro.




Our Five E-Promises
1. Educational
2. Ethical
3. Earth-friendly
4. Enduring
5. Empowering