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Happiness for this batmitzvah girl is her first book

October 31, 2014 15:00
Hanni's happy: Jessie J gave a comment and David Cameron wrote the foreword

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Naomi Firsht,

Naomi Firsht

1 min read

Cats are the key to happiness for David Baddiel. For Pixie Lott, it's Percy Pigs and for Jessie J it's simply "letting go".

How do we know? Because Hanni Blaskey, 13, asked them - and scores of others - as part of a batmitzvah project that made it into print.

What Makes Me Happy is a compilation of more than 100 celebrities' hand-written letters and sketches, which Hanni has turned into a book for Children in Need.

"Batmitzvahs aren't just about bimahs and parties," says the girl whose research saw her meet pop stars such as Little Mix and rapper Dizzee Rascal.

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