Yasmin the Chef

Yasmin loves hosting parties! Music friends fun! But what she doesn't love is the spicy food her Pakistani family serves. Yasmin puts on her chef hat and plans to make her own amazing fantastic recipe...as soon as she figures out what that is!

for fans of Katie Woo! an early reader featuring a Muslim Pakistani American girl and her family Own Voices author and illustrator team a strong girl character with a knack for solving problems in unique ways subtly weaves Muslim traditions into fun relatable stories

“Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family offer both mirrors and windows to Muslim culture, but mostly importantly, Yasmin is simply a spunky second-grader who will appeal to early readers from any background.”

I am just in LOVE with the Yasmin series. They are such an amazing addition to our classroom.-- "The Tutu Teacher"
-- "Booksource Banter"

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer, interfaith activist, and cultural sensitivity trainer featured in O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of the Yasmin and Ali the Great series, and the Eisner award-nominated graphic novel Saving Sunshine. She also writes chapter books, picture books, and middle grade novels. Saadia is editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret, an online magazine of poetry, short stories, and art. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her family. Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator whose work has been featured in multiple publications worldwide. He currently lives in beautiful New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and more pets than people. When he is not dipping cookies in a cup of tea or staring at blank pieces of paper, he is usually drawing books. One of the books he illustrated is The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz, which won a Newbery Honor and other awards despite Hatem's drawings of a farting dragon, a two-headed cat, and stinky cheese.

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