Vandana Rawal, MD
Vandana is a board-certified pediatrician in Austin, Texas, with decades of experience caring for children and families. Lily’s New World! is her picture-book debut.
A picture book
Lily’s New World!
Lily loves her screen. She calls it Busy Buzzy and can’t imagine a day without it. But when her friend Rosie comes over and pulls her outside, Lily discovers something Busy Buzzy simply can’t give her.
This is a warm, whimsical picture book about connecting with friends, stepping away from screens, and stepping into the joys of nature.
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 34
- Published
- October 2026
- ISBN
- 9798234182678
The book
What Lily finds outside
Lily wakes up thinking about Busy Buzzy. She wants it at breakfast, after school, all day. She even calls it her best friend.
Then Rosie arrives with a different idea: let’s play outside. Out in the yard, Lily starts to notice things a screen can show her but never let her feel — cool grass under bare feet, the smell of a real rose, a whole world that has been waiting for her.
Written and illustrated by two pediatricians with decades of experience, Lily’s New World was created to open the door to conversations about balance, human connection, and the irreplaceable value of real-world play.
Look inside
Three pages from the book
The authors
Two pediatricians, one story
Paige Suffredini, MD
Paige is a board-certified pediatrician in Austin, Texas, who brings a creative eye to the story as its illustrator, pairing her clinical understanding of child development with warm, engaging artwork.
Available now
Bring Lily home
Hardcover, 34 pages. Published October 2026 by Little Ladybug Press.
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