Kenya Moore Pens Children's Book with Daughter Brooklyn, 6, About Their Travels: 'Reading Opens Your World' (Exclusive)

Kenya Moore can add “best-selling children’s book author” to her long list of accomplishments.

On Sunday, November 3, the actress, producer, director, singer and reality star was announced Trip to Brooklyn: Paris — her first children’s book. And fans responded, buying up the entire first print run of the title on Amazon within two hours.

It’s an exciting milestone, but an especially special one for Moore, who wrote the book with her 6-year-old daughter, Brooklyn Daly, who she shares with ex-husband Marc Daly.

“I’m so proud of Brooklyn,” says Moore, 53. “Part of being a mother is that you always want to give your child the opportunities that you never had. And for her, she already has this accomplishment as part of her legacy, it’s just a reminder that she there are so many things in the future that are beyond what we can even imagine.”

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Brooklyn – Paris.

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The book, which Moore believes will be the first in a series, follows four-year-old Brooklyn as she takes readers through her favorite places in Paris during a trip to the City of Lights for her birthday. It’s something Moore has been doing regularly with Brooklyn since celebrating her daughter’s first birthday.

“I’ve always wanted Brooklyn to be exposed to different parts of the world because I want him to be a citizen of the world,” says Moore. “I don’t want her to be locked up. I want her to know that the world is bigger than her backyard; bigger than our life in Atlanta.”

“There are so many things we can see and learn and appreciate and grow from when we experience other cultures,” Moore continues. “That’s part of the reason why I also have her in an international school. And why every night I cook her cuisine from another place in the world. I never grew up like that, but I want to do better for my daughter.”

Kenya Moore and Brooklyn at the world premiere of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” on May 8, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

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Brooklyn, Moore says, has “really embraced” the adventures, and Moore can already see the impact it’s had on shaping her personality. “She’s a very curious and respectful little girl,” says Moore. “She’s not afraid to try new things, and you can see when she learns something, she really internalizes and appreciates other people’s differences.”

“The other day she came home from school celebrating Diwali,” Moore explains. “She was in traditional dress and she was telling me about the bindi on her forehead. I felt so happy for her because she’s been exposed to so many different cultures and she’s really soaking it all in.”

Moore witnessed this firsthand during a trip the mother-daughter duo took to Kenya last month. “In Africa we visited the Maasai tribe,” she recalls. “We went to their village, entered their homes and Brooklyn saw what their lives are like. Where they sleep, where they eat; what they have and don’t have… even how they prepare food. She taught us how to make a fire, how their kitchen was set up and it was all so fascinating to her.”

Kenya is likely to be the next location in the Brooklyn connection series, Moore tells PEOPLE. “It’s fresh in our heads, so I want to start with that next one,” she says. “But I think we’ll go to Dubai after that. There’s so much to explore, the possibilities really are endless.”

The idea for the Moore book actually came from Brooklyn itself.

“She’s just starting to read real words on her own now, but Brooklyn has always loved books,” Moore said. “I read to her every night and one day she brought me this paper book that she wrote with the help of one of our carers. It was about her and Bluey going on this adventure together and she drew these pictures and put the construction paper together , so the page is like a real book. And I was so impressed because some of it actually rhymed, so I thought, ‘Maybe we should write a book together?’ ”

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Kenya Moore and daughter Brooklyn.

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Focusing on their adventures abroad was easy. Moore did all the illustrations herself, but insists the writing process was collaborative. “First we sat down and Brooklyn told me all the things she loved about Paris. And then when I was writing, I’d say, ‘What rhymes with this paste?’ And she said: ‘Try it!’ So that’s how we did it.”

Told from Brooklyns point of view, Brooklyn – Paris sees the little girl visit everything from the iconic Eiffel Tower and the magnificent Arc de Triomphe to the Tuileries Garden and the Louvre. There are activities along the way, including a French cooking class. And even surprises, like a magical experience at Disneyland in Paris.

“It was really born out of the Brooklyn experiences,” Moore says. “And it’s not just about capturing the spirit of the trip, but also about showing the close bond that develops between mothers and daughters during trips like this.”

Kenya Moore and daughter Brooklyn Daly at the ‘Mean Girls’ Atlanta Screening on January 9, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Moore hopes the series will go beyond print, perhaps into an animated series. “I haven’t really seen an animated series that follows a black girl around her age with a single mother,” notes Moore. “So this gives me hope that maybe there’s an opportunity there, especially with the travel element.”

But until then, Moore just hopes that other children will be inspired by the book.

“Reading opens up your world to everything,” says Moore. “There’s a world of adventure out there in the pages of books. And I hope that other kids, who might not be able to go to Paris or Kenya or wherever we end up, can really feel like they’re there with Brooklyn, can learn from her, and can aspire to be one day I go there.”

“Brooklyn has always been a beacon of hope in my life, ever since I’ve had her,” adds Moore. “And I just know she will be for others after they read this.”

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