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Alia Bhatt on writing a children’s book: ‘My childhood was full of storytelling’

The actor announced her picture book for kids on Sunday, titled ‘The Adventures of Ed-a-Mamma: Ed Finds A Home’

Shreyas Pande

Alia Bhatt turned an author with the children’s picture book titled, ‘The Adventures of Ed-a-Mamma: Ed Finds A Home’. She took to Instagram on Sunday to make the announcement. The book is the first in the series inspired by her kids wear brand, Ed-a-Mamma and features illustrations by Tanvi Bhat. Alia and her partner Ranbir Kapoor turned parents to daughter Raha Kapoor in 2022.

Taking to Instagram, Alia shared a photo of her with the newly published book and wrote in the caption, “A new adventure begins. ‘Ed finds a Home’ is just the beginning of a new series of books from the universe of Ed-a-mamma. My childhood was full of storytelling and storytellers. And one day I had a dream to bring out that child in me and put it into books for children.”

She added, “I am so grateful to my fellow storytellers, Vivek Kamath, @shabnamminwalla and @tanvibhat.draws, who with their wonderful ideas, inputs and imagination helped bring our first book to life. Fingers crossed for this journey ahead.”

The book is published by Puffin Books India, the children’s section of Penguin Books India.

On the work front, Alia was last seen in the romantic-drama Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani alongside Ranveer Singh. She will be seen next in Vasan Bala’s Jigra.

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