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. In this book, you read about the battle between Rustam and the Hamavaran’s king. In this battle Rustam frees a dummy called Keykavous and becomes the winner.

Mohammadreza Shams is a writer and translator for children and young adults. He was born in Tehran in 1957. Among his works are “A basket of Apples”, “If this Stick was mine”, etc. After the Islamic Revolution, he collaborated with many magazines for children and young adults.