Post by WeNeed3 on Dec 15, 2008 10:27:50 GMT -5
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As far as Trisha Prabhu is concerned, anything is possible.
At the age of 5, she started her own Web site. At the age of 6 she was an insatiable reader and began writing stories. Now, at the age of 8, she is a published author.
Trisha has written "Christmas and Commitment Go Together," a story about two orphans who discover the true meaning of Christmas. The book was recently published by KidPub Worldwide Publishing.
Born in Arlington Heights, Trisha moved to Naperville with her parents, Neel and Bhanu Prabhu, when she was about 5. She is a third-grader at Welch Elementary School, a straight-A student who loves to learn. Passionate about what is going on in the world and the environment, she has written letters to the Chrysler Corporation suggesting running cars on wind power, to Naperville Mayor George Pradel about the Kyoto Treaty and to former Vice President Al Gore about global warming.
Writing comes easy to Trisha, who penned her first story when she was 6 1/2. "Shortcut Virginia" was a tale about a little boy who played baseball. She posted it online and a few weeks later, received a call from a representative of KidPub, an Internet entity devoted to encouraging literacy in children. The story was published on www.kidpub.com and Trisha was asked to write a Christmas story for the company's KidPub Press division, which is devoted to producing books written by children.
So far, 60 copies of "Christmas and Commitment Go Together" have been sold and the young author recently did a book-signing at her school.
In addition to her love of books, Trisha also is an avid reader of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Naperville Sun. Her other interests include riding her bike, playing the guitar, drawing, making perfume, cleaning and pretending. She is planning to write another book sometime soon. The story, to be titled "A Walk Across the Sand," is already in her head.
As far as Trisha Prabhu is concerned, anything is possible.
At the age of 5, she started her own Web site. At the age of 6 she was an insatiable reader and began writing stories. Now, at the age of 8, she is a published author.
Trisha has written "Christmas and Commitment Go Together," a story about two orphans who discover the true meaning of Christmas. The book was recently published by KidPub Worldwide Publishing.
Born in Arlington Heights, Trisha moved to Naperville with her parents, Neel and Bhanu Prabhu, when she was about 5. She is a third-grader at Welch Elementary School, a straight-A student who loves to learn. Passionate about what is going on in the world and the environment, she has written letters to the Chrysler Corporation suggesting running cars on wind power, to Naperville Mayor George Pradel about the Kyoto Treaty and to former Vice President Al Gore about global warming.
Writing comes easy to Trisha, who penned her first story when she was 6 1/2. "Shortcut Virginia" was a tale about a little boy who played baseball. She posted it online and a few weeks later, received a call from a representative of KidPub, an Internet entity devoted to encouraging literacy in children. The story was published on www.kidpub.com and Trisha was asked to write a Christmas story for the company's KidPub Press division, which is devoted to producing books written by children.
So far, 60 copies of "Christmas and Commitment Go Together" have been sold and the young author recently did a book-signing at her school.
In addition to her love of books, Trisha also is an avid reader of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Naperville Sun. Her other interests include riding her bike, playing the guitar, drawing, making perfume, cleaning and pretending. She is planning to write another book sometime soon. The story, to be titled "A Walk Across the Sand," is already in her head.