Shahnameh is the greatest Iranian epic book. It is quite well known for Persian speakers and is one of the masterpieces written in this language. What makes Shahnameh distinct from other epic books of the world is Ferdowsi’s unique point of view to the social, cultural and philosophical issues. A rewriting from Shahnameh, the series includes 56 volumes and each volume recounts one of the many stories of Shahnameh, retold in an easy and fluent language for the today youth. The illustrations of the series are made by great illustrators of Iran such as Ali Khodaee, Mitra Abdollahi, Narges Delavari, Nasrin Yavari, Barmak Alikhani, etc. Zahhak is an evil ruler with two snakes on his shoulders. The snakes’ only food is the brains of young people. Kaveh the blacksmith had eighteen children that sixteen of them have been killed to be fed to the snakes. When the soldiers come for his last two children, he grabs his hammer and goes to kill the snakes…

Mohammadreza Yousefi is a well-known and internationally successful author who has written more than 300 books in various fields. Some of his books have been translated to other languages such as English, Russian and Italian. He has participated and been nominated in many valid international festivals.