The above featured book cover, Asha and Baz Meet Elizabeth Friedman, is A 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist - Children’s/Juvenile Early Readers/Chapter Books. 

Other Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist - Children’s/Juvenile Early Readers/Chapter Books titles include Asha and Baz Meet Mary Sherman Morgan (2022), and Asha and Baz Meet Katia Kraft (2024).

Dharmali Patel has had the pleasure of illustrating the chapter book series,  Asha and Baz. Created by the Canadian team of Caroline Fernandez (author) and Dharmali Patel (illustrator), this series features women in STEM. 

This series is of interest to parents, teachers and librarians because it includes:

• STEM learning

• Literacy and vocabulary building

• Biography

• Makerspace opportunities (to re-create the activities in the book)

• Learn-along adventure

You can order this great series of illustrated books from COMMON DEER PRESS.