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4-year-old boy gets inspired by sister, writes book on kindness to become world’s youngest author
Guinness World Records shared a blog about the 4-year-old boy Saeed Rashed AlMheiri from UAE who wrote a book called The Elephant Saeed and the Bear.
Guinness World Records (GWR) lists different amazing feats by people across the world. Every now and then, some of their records also leave people absolutely surprised. Just like this record created by a four-year-old boy Saeed Rashed AlMheiri. He became the world’s youngest person to publish a book after writing a book on kindness. Called The Elephant Saeed and the Bear, the book is about an unexpected friendship between two animals. And guess who inspired the little one to write it? It is his sister who herself holds a record for being the youngest person to publish a bilingual book series at the age of eight.
“I love my sister so much and I enjoy playing with her all the time! We read, write, draw and do so many activities together. I wrote my book [inspired by her] as I felt that I could have my own book too,” Saeed told GWR.
While talking to the organisation, he also shared a few lines about his book. “It is about the elephant Saeed and a polar bear. The elephant had a picnic and he saw a polar bear. He thought the bear was going to eat him but, in the end, the elephant showed kindness and said ‘let’s have a picnic together’! Then they became friends and showed kindness to each other,” he said.
The published author is already thinking about his next project and explained, “Yes! I love reading, writing and telling stories. Now I am writing my second book and I would like to do more and more because it’s nice to write books and let people read them to ‘build their mind’,”.
Saeed’s book, published by Abu Dhabi-based Rainbow Chimney Educational Aids, has already sold over 1,000 copies.
