For the UAE-based AlMheiri siblings, setting world records is child’s play

For the UAE-based AlMheiri siblings, setting world records is child’s play

Saeed Rashed AlMheiri is a four-year-old whose radiant smile shows a missing tooth. This Emirati boy from Al Ain took the publishing world by storm when he set a Guinness Book Record for the youngest male to publish a book. His book The Elephant Saeed and the Bear, published on March 9, 2023, sold more than 1,000 copies. This FS2 pupil from Al Ain Academy is excited to talk about the book he wrote and illustrated. ‘The story is about an elephant named Saeed who goes on a picnic to the mountain. There he meets a bear who wants to eat him. However, Elephant Saeed invites him to share his picnic and soon they become friends.’ The story may be a simple one, but the moral it teaches is valuable- of sharing, friendship and more. His book highlights several other values including encouraging children to be kind. Books may be Saeed’s best friend, but he also enjoys robotics and learning to solve number problems. ‘I want to be a scientist,’ he says. Saeed is not the only Guinness Record holder in the family. His sister, AlDhabi Rashed AlMheiri was 8 when she wrote her way into record books becoming the