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Delhi’s 9 years old Ajnaa Dvivedi launched her book – The Adventures of Anvi, on International Dog Day.

How did the book happen?

During the recent lockdowns, Ajnaa Dvivedi sat to author her first book. With more than 20,000 words in 120 pages, she is probably the youngest female writer of a novella in India! The line illustrations are also done by her.

A year back, she had requested her mother to gift her mini-blogging page where she can pen down her thoughts and share with the world. That was the starting of Ajnaa’s writing. She is an avid reader who loves to be called a ‘bookbird’ instead of the usual ‘bookworm’. Though most of her book was complete during the lockdown and beginning of unlock period in New Delhi, a lot of finishing work and illustrations needed her time when the school started. Her father did not like the way she was staying awake at night and getting late to get up in the morning. Ajnaa says, “I felt bad to get scolded but it is for my good. With this book, I will make Papa feel proud of me.”

“Launching my book on the International Dog’s Day is my greatest pleasure as my book ‘The Adventures of Anvi’ is dedicated to animals and it has a lot of characters inspired from real dog pet friends of mine.”

About the book

The fiction, ‘The Adventures of Anvi – not an ordinary beginning’ is the story about struggles, love, hope, and friendship. Ajnaa has dedicated this book to animals of the world who are as much as part of this planet as we are.

One step away from a full-fledged novel, it is about a little alien girl who rises from being different & disliked to being strong & confident. The story takes the readers through different instances and characters to tell that we cannot do great things without taking responsibility. Love makes the world go round. It is also about pain & loss.

The Adventure of Anvi is like a peep into the imaginary world of children where possibilities are greater than pain. The description of this book ends with, ‘Will Anvi be able to keep her promise?’

Ajnaa says, “I have worked very hard to write this book during the lockdown. I wanted to make it possible for a 9 year old to do so. I think children would love to read books written by children. It is about our world, in our way. Do read my book.”

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