My Dragon

A charming and imaginative picture book from the Middle East about a boy and his imaginary friend.
Shushuya is a dragon, and
Shushuya is my friend.
He’s beautiful and very large
With scales from end to end.
My Dragon is the story of a little boy and his imaginary friend: a gentle dragon called Shushuya. The boy and dragon have one adventure after another: they garden together, fly through the clouds, and play hide and seek. At bedtime, we discover that the dragon is the boy’s stuffed animal.
Told in rhyme, with repetition of the dragon’s name (Shushuya) evoking ghazal poetry, this 30-page picture book from the Middle East is sure to delight and captivate young readers.

Bassam Altaji was born in 1967 in Kuwait. As a child, he dreamt of building and piloting a flying machine, and he loved to make up stories to tell neighborhood children. He is the author of numerous children's books, including The Fisherman, The Adventure of the Three Ducks, and Salwa On the Way to School. He studied and lived in Hungary for 23 years, and now lives in Jordan.