A new picture book from Austin, TX

Doctor Daveand Lawyer Lilly

Welcome to Sunnyhill, where kindness, teamwork, and a good pair of listening ears can fix almost anything. A cheerful picture-book debut by Nisreen Amiji, and the first in a series.

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Hardcover · Ages 4–8 · Coming soon

Doctor Dave and Lawyer Lilly, book cover

About the book

Welcome to Sunnyhill, where helping others makes every day brighter.

Doctor Dave and Lawyer Lilly love their town. So when Ben takes a tumble at the park, the two neighbors spring into action: Dave with his doctor's bag, Lilly with her calm, fair questions, and the whole of Sunnyhill cheering them on.

A cheerful picture-book debut about kindness, teamwork, and the small, brave ways kids and grown-ups solve problems together.

Ages
4–8
Length
32 pages
Format
Hardcover

A peek inside

Spend a sunny afternoon in Sunnyhill.

Two spreads from the book. More reveals as launch day gets closer.

A sunny afternoon at the park, just before everything changes.
A sunny afternoon at the park, just before everything changes.
The whole of Sunnyhill turns out to cheer Ben on.
The whole of Sunnyhill turns out to cheer Ben on.
Nisreen Amiji, author

Nisreen at her desk in Austin, writing the series she wished she'd had as a kid

Meet the author

The real story behind Doctor Dave.

Nisreen is a family-law attorney in Austin, Texas, where she spends her days helping kids and families work through some of their hardest moments. She grew up in Houston as the oldest of four in a close Pakistani family, studied at UT Austin, and went on to law school in Michigan before coming home to Texas.

Her younger brother became a doctor. That's where Doctor Dave came from. And Lawyer Lilly? That one is based on Nisreen herself.

Nisreen lives in Austin with her husband, Aliasgar, and is expecting their first child this year. Doctor Dave and Lawyer Lilly is her debut picture book and the first in a series about the grown-up jobs kids see every day, and the many ways people spend their time helping.

  • Family-law attorney
  • Austin, Texas
  • Debut picture-book author
  • UT Austin · Cooley Law

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