Kenya Moore can add “bestselling children’s book author” to his long list of accomplishments.

On Sunday, November 3, the actress, producer, director, singer and reality TV star posted Direction Brooklyn: Paris — his very first children’s book. And fans responded, buying up the entire first printing of the title on Amazon in two hours.

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

“I’m so proud of Brooklyn,” Moore, 53, says. “Part of being a mother is that you always want to give your child opportunities that you never had. And to have that accomplishment already become part of their legacy, it’s just a reminder that there is so much in the future that awaits him that is beyond what we can even imagine.”

The book, which Moore said will be the first in a series, follows 4-year-old Brooklyn as she takes readers through her favorite places in Paris on a trip to the City of Lights for her birthday. It’s something Moore has done regularly with Brooklyn since her daughter’s first birthday celebrations.

“I always wanted Brooklyn to be exposed to different parts of the globe because I want her to be a citizen of the world,” Moore said. “I don’t want her to be narrow-minded. I want her to know that the world is bigger than her backyard, bigger than our life in Atlanta.”

“There is so much we can see, learn, appreciate and grow when we experience other cultures,” Moore continues. “That’s part of the reason why I also sent her to 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.

Brooklyn, Moore says, “really embraced” the adventures, and Moore can already see the impact it had on shaping his personality. “She’s a very curious and very respectful little girl,” Moore said. “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 after celebrating Diwali there,” Moore says. “She was wearing a traditional costume and telling me about the bindi on her forehead. And I felt so happy about her because she’s exposed to so many different cultures and she’s really absorbing everything.”

Moore witnessed this first-hand during a trip the mother-daughter duo took last month to Kenya. “In Africa, we visited the Maasai tribe,” she remembers. “And we went to their village, to their homes, and Brooklyn got to see what their life is like. Where they sleep, where they eat, what they have and don’t have… even how they prepare food. “They taught us how to make a fire, how to set up their kitchen and it was all so fascinating to her.”

Kenya will probably be the next location of the Brooklyn bound series, Moore tells PEOPLE. “It’s fresh in our minds, so I want to start on that next,” she says. “But I think we’ll go to Dubai after that. There’s so much to explore, the possibilities are truly endless.”

The idea for the book actually came to Moore herself from Brooklyn.

“She’s just starting to read real words on her own, but Brooklyn has always loved books,” Moore enthuses. “I read to her every night and one day she brought me this paper book that she had written with the help of one of our caregivers. It was about her and Bluey going on this adventure together , and she had drawn these pictures and put construction paper in a stable together, so the pages looked like a real book and I was very impressed because some of them rhymed, so I thought. “Maybe we should write a book together?”

Centering it on their adventures abroad was an obvious choice. Moore did all the illustrations herself, but insists the writing process was collaborative. “At first, we sat down and Brooklyn told me everything she loved about Paris. And then when I was writing, I said, ‘What rhymes with this dough?’ said, “Taste!” So ​​that’s how we did it.”

Told from the Brooklyns’ point of view, Direction Brooklyn: Paris sees the little girl visiting everything from the iconic Eiffel Tower and the grand Arc de Triomphe to the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre. There are activities along the way, including a French cooking class. And even surprises, like a magical experience at Disneyland Paris.

“It really grew out of Brooklyn’s experiences,” Moore says. “And it’s not just about capturing the spirit of travel, but also about showing that close bond that develops between mothers and daughters on getaways like this.”

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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 following a black girl her age with a single mother,” notes Moore. “So that gives me hope that maybe there’s an opportunity there, especially with the travel element.”

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

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

“Brooklyn has always been this beacon of hope in my life, ever since I had it,” Moore adds. “And I just know it will be for others too after reading this.”