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Serena Williams Is Authoring A Children's Book, Debuting Fall 2022

The children’s book will center Serena’s daughter's favorite doll Qai Qai

Look out world, here comes “The Adventures of Qai Qai”, a children’s book written by Serena Williams about her daughter Olympia’s doll.

According to People.com, The children’s book is illustrated by Yesenia Moises and will be published by Feiwel and Friends on September 27, 2022. Williams said, “Storytime is such an important pillar of our bedtime routine, like so many others around the world...Qai Qai is a special member of our family and we hope The Adventures of Qai Qai will give others a new way to welcome Qai Qai into their own home."

The book celebrates using the imagination and the beauty of friendship. It also focuses on the doll teaching a little girl why it is important for her to believe in herself.

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Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian, created an Instagram page for the doll in 2018, which has over 350k followers.

Williams dedicated the illustrated book to “all little girls”. "Let this book be a constant reminder that you can do anything you put your mind to. Imagine it, believe it, do it,” Williams told People.

Preorder “The Adventures of Qai Qai,” today!

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