Rashin Kheiriyeh

• Mar-2026

Brilliant Iranian—American creator Rashin offers her fun and fresh spin on a classic Nowruz folktale.Nane Sarma is winter herself, and every year she waits eagerly for her old friend, Uncle Nowruz. His job is to travel the land announcing the be...

• Apr-2025

This heartfelt picture book about the love shared between generations--and the traditions that bind them--shows how a grandfather teaches his grandchild to weave a beautiful rug.Rose’s Baba joon (her grandfather) loves three things most in the worl...

• Aug-2024

When Parastoo’s mother must go away for the winter, the cycles of nature give Parastoo hope that her mother, like the birds, will return in the spring.Parastoo loves the colors that make up her world, and especially loves the blue swallows in the t...

• Sep-2021

“A joyful, wildly imaginative book” —The New York Times It’s Rashin’s first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she’s used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the l...

• Jul-2021

This days-of-the-week lift-a-flap book reveals the wondrous ways a mother arranges the food on her child’s plate to create objects and scenes that spark the imagination. But at the end of the week, it’s Mother’s Day. Now it’s ...

• May-2020

Bahar is determined to help her family earn more money than what she makes selling rugs at the local bazaar. So she decides to become a fortune teller. After some lucky “accidents” telling correct fortunes, the king has summoned her to th...

• Jun-2018

Rashin is excited about her first visit to the beach in her family's new home. On the way there, she remembers what beach trips were like in Iran, the beautiful Caspian Sea, the Persian music, and most of all the saffron ice cream she shared with her...

• Sep-2014

We all remember the old lady who swallowed a fly, a spider, a cat, a dog, a cow, and a horse. Now we know how she did it! Rashin’s colorful and comedic illustrations take you mid-gulp to mid-belly as the animals are swallowed whole. Her devoted cat...

• Feb-2014

Inspired by Jalal ad-Din Rumi's poem, "The Parrot and the Merchant," "A Tale of Two Parrots" tells the story of a parrot who lives an easy life in the home of a wealthy merchant. The parrot has a beautiful cage, the best food, and the love of the ...