upi.com – By Ben Hooper – A 5-year-old British girl earned a Guinness World Record when she published a book that she wrote and illustrated. Guinness World Records confirmed Bella Jay Dark earned the record for youngest person to publish a book (female) when her book, The Lost Cat, sold more than 1,000 copies, the minimum set by the record-keeping organization.
Dark wrote and illustrated the book with help from her mother, Chelsie Syme, and the tome was published by Ginger Fyre Press.
“Both her dad and I are very proud,” Syme told The Dorset Echo. “It’s about a cat that goes out getting lost and realizes she should not go out without her mum, so it has got a good message to it.”
Syme said she received confirmation from Guinness World Records this week.