At an age when many teenagers are still discovering their interests and hobbies, Biyanca Chheda took a step into the world of writing. Based in Mumbai, Biyanca wrote her first book, Magical Moments, at the age of 15. The experience marked the beginning of her journey as a young author with a clear interest in storytelling and its ability to influence young minds.
For Biyanca, writing was not simply about putting words on paper. It was about creating stories that children could enjoy, understand, and remember. Her love for reading played an important role in shaping this idea. After spending time with children’s books, she became interested in how stories could make readers feel different emotions, think about their choices, and understand people around them.
This interest eventually led her to create Magical Moments, a collection of nine modern, value-based stories written primarily for children between the ages of seven and nine.
Turning a Love for Reading into Writing
Reading often opens the door to new ideas, and Biyanca’s experience was no different. As she read more children’s books, she began to notice that a simple story could do much more than entertain its readers. It could make a child laugh, encourage them to think, or help them look at a familiar situation from another point of view.
She wanted to create that same experience for other children.
Instead of writing stories that directly tell children what is right or wrong, Biyanca chose to build lessons into the characters and situations. This approach allows young readers to follow the story, connect with the characters, and discover the message in their own way.
The idea behind Magical Moments was to make learning feel natural. Children do not always need long explanations to understand important values. Sometimes, seeing a character face a challenge, make a decision, or understand another person can leave a stronger impression.
Through her stories, Biyanca explores values such as kindness, empathy, courage, honesty, and vulnerability. Each story presents a different situation, giving readers an opportunity to think about these qualities in the context of everyday life.
A Book Built Around Values and Emotions
Magical Moments brings together nine stories, each with its own characters, circumstances, and lesson. The collection aims to make meaningful ideas accessible to young readers without making the reading experience feel like a classroom lesson.
Children between seven and nine years old are beginning to understand their emotions, relationships, and the world beyond their immediate surroundings. Stories can help them explore these experiences in a comfortable and engaging way.
A story about kindness, for example, can encourage a child to consider how small actions affect others. A story about courage can help them think about facing something unfamiliar. Similarly, stories that explore empathy can invite readers to consider feelings and experiences different from their own.
What makes Magical Moments personal to Biyanca is that the lessons in its stories come from values she learned while growing up. They were not chosen randomly but reflect ideas that were important to her during her own childhood. Through this book, she hopes to share those meaningful lessons with young readers and help them understand these values through relatable characters and everyday situations.
Biyanca’s approach gives children room to interpret the stories for themselves. Rather than expecting every reader to draw exactly the same conclusion, the book allows each child to connect with the characters in a personal way.
This balance between entertainment and meaning is central to the book’s purpose.
Learning Through the Writing Process
Writing and publishing a book at 15 also introduced Biyanca to the many stages involved in turning an idea into a finished product. Her experience included developing story ideas, writing and revising the stories, working with an illustrator, making editorial decisions, and preparing the book for readers.
The process was an opportunity to learn beyond the act of writing itself. Creative work requires patience, attention to detail, and a willingness to reconsider ideas. Not every decision produces the desired result immediately, and turning a first draft into a finished book can involve several changes.
Biyanca also experienced rejection and the challenge of communicating with professionals. These experiences became part of her learning journey, showing her that completing a creative project requires persistence as well as imagination.
Her experience offers a useful reminder to other young people: an idea does not have to wait until someone reaches a particular age to be explored seriously.
Reaching Readers Beyond Mumbai
Since its publication, Magical Moments has been distributed and sold across multiple states in India. For a first-time author based in Mumbai, seeing the book reach children and families in different parts of the country has been a meaningful part of the experience.
The book’s journey beyond one city reflects the wider appeal of children’s stories built around emotions and everyday values. Although readers may have different backgrounds, ideas such as kindness, honesty, and understanding others can offer common ground.
Biyanca’s journey is still developing, but her first book has given her a chance to turn a personal interest into something that other readers can experience.
At the heart of Magical Moments is a simple idea: stories can stay with children long after they finish reading. By combining relatable situations with meaningful lessons, Biyanca Chheda has taken her first step towards creating stories that entertain young readers while encouraging them to think, feel, and understand the world around them.
