Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, now 12 years old, is writing ;a children’s book series to be published by Simon & Schuster between ;January ;2017 and ;Summer 2018. ; The yet-untitled series ;will comprise three chapter books and one picture book, ;loosely based on Wallis’ own (already impressive) ;life experiences. The tiny actress, of course, ;was cast at age 5 ;for a starring role ;in 2012’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” ;for which she ;received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She’s also worked alongside ;Lupita Nyong’o and Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave” and starred in last year’s “Annie” remake, earning herself a Golden Globe nomination. ;And yes, ;she…
Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, now 12 years old, is writing ;a children’s book series to be published by Simon & Schuster between ;January ;2017 and ;Summer 2018. ;
The yet-untitled series ;will comprise three chapter books and one picture book, ;loosely based on Wallis’ own (already impressive) ;life experiences. The tiny actress, of course, ;was cast at age 5 ;for a starring role ;in 2012’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” ;for which she ;received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She’s also worked alongside ;Lupita Nyong’o and Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave” and starred in last year’s “Annie” remake, earning herself a Golden Globe nomination. ;And yes, ;she knows you don’t know how to say her name.
Her picture book will follow ;a spunky young girl as she gets ready for, and arrives at, an award show with her mother. Meanwhile, the ;chapter books — for readers ages 6 ;and up — will tell the story of ;an up-and-coming star named ;Shai Williams, who has “a flair for the dramatic … both onstage and off.” (Maybe it’s more autobiographical than she’s letting on?)
“Reading is very important,” Wallis said in a release. “It allows people to form a visual experience in their minds of what is going on in the story. I hope all readers enjoy using their imaginations along with me and take a journey into my books.”
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Quvenzhané Wallis, World’s Most Accomplished 12-Year-Old, To Pen Book Series Based On Her Life
