Man from Sunderland reaches no.1 best seller in Amazon children's book category with new book

Liam Murphy, 27, from Sunderland wrote the children’s book during lockdown as a creative hobby.

He said: “I wanted to separate work and my personal life as I was working from home throughout the pandemic so I started the book as something creative to do while we couldn’t go out.

"I initially thought about writing a children’s book as we are expecting a baby so it was going to be a present to my newborn.

"I was absolutely over the moon to find out I made the top five in the Amazon children’s animal book category, let alone be number one.”

The book topped Amazon’s ‘children’s elephant books’ and ‘children’s giraffe books’ categories and has sold in five different continents.

The IT manager added: “It started out as a fun hobby and it developed in a passion.

"I really didn’t expect it to do this well as there are so many children’s books that I never thought it would make it to number one.”

Koko’s Adventure is about an elephant who tries to find his family after losing them on their way to a waterhole.

Mr Murphy said: “The book is fun and humorous and it teaches the virtues of perseverance and friendship.”

The best selling book is available on Amazon in paperback or as an E-book and soon to be released as an audio book.

His next book ‘The Big Red Bug’ is due to be released in November, more details can be found here.

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