<P>Dr. Bashir embraced the "Reach Out and Read" program when it first started. He gave out thousands of children’s books provided through the program to the children of Alabama, but like everything else, the funding to the program was drying up 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.</P>