A little boy and his pet dragon are the very best of friends. They laugh, they sing, they dance, they snooze. They are both amazing - just like everyone else!
The publisher describes it as a celebration of friendship and being yourself, and as a way to start conversations about understanding and acceptance.
The boy uses a wheelchair, and the text never mentions it. Steve Antony says on his own blog that he wanted the wheelchair to be "entirely incidental", drawing on his time as a special needs support worker at an art college.
Who it is for
Early years and Key Stage 1 classes: the publisher gives an interest age from about 3 and lists it for the Early Years curriculum. It suits a story time, a library display on inclusion, or a class discussion about difference where disability is present but not the subject of the story.
About the book
- Author and illustrator: Steve Antony, creator of Please Mr Panda. The publisher notes he won the Oscar's First Book Prize, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
- Publisher: Orchard Books (Hachette Children's Group). Hardback January 2019; paperback 2 May 2019.
- ISBN: paperback 9781444944716; ebook 9781444944723.
Sources: Hachette Children's Group listing and Steve Antony's blog, checked 13 October 2026.