It's profusely illustrated with excellent coloured cartoons and it tells the story of Kai who is looking forward to going back to school after the long summer break.
But something is desperately wrong. Kai is mocked and derided by other pupils because they perceive him as being "different" to them.
Not unnaturally, Kai's confidence takes a knock but with the help of his mother and father Kai re-learns the ability to have pride in his own worth and his own unique abilities.
He realises that everyone is different, but this doesn't mean they have no value or worth and that, as his mother points out, the moon and the stars are all different, but that they all shine beautifully in the night sky.
This is a wonderful book by Sarah Asuquo, a London English teacher whose family originated in Nigeria.
It's a book that really needs to be in every primary school in the world and in every household, too.
It's published by Matador at £7.99 and is out very soon.
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