The Adventures of Petey Pots and Pans

About the Book

Dr Bashir embraced the “Reach Out and Read” program when it first started. He gave out thousands of children books provided through the program to the children of Alabama, however, like everything else, the funding to the program was drying out and so were the free books. So he decided to write his own children's book and give it to the children for free. Dr. Bashir feels the children’s path to adulthood is like going through a long winding road filled with stumbling blocks and dangerous traps, but it is also studded with candles that light this exciting but sometimes dark road. He hopes to light another candle in their path.

About the Author

Dr Lotfi Bashir is a pediatrician who has been in practice in Selma, Alabama for the past 25 years. He went to medical school in Aleppo, Syria where he graduated in 1979. He moved to United States in 1983, where he did his pediatric training at the Medical Center of Delaware from 1985 – 1988. He moved to Selma shortly thereafter. Serving one of the poorest counties of the Black Belt was an eye-opener for Dr Bashir. After seeing many potentially good children fall through the cracks of the system that supposed to protect them, He was convinced that the only way out of their hapless future for many children was through education.