SOLVED. Children's Fantasy. Title : the adventures of …. An envelope child. Read in 2014, set in India. [s]

[Chitrinee]

The Magical Adventures of Skinny Scribbles the author is an Indian author (a female if my memory is serving right) spoilers : the book first gets into the details how a envelope comes to be :the steps required to get an envelope child . The story starts with this little girl receiving an envelope from her cousin who lives far away . The envelope contains a drawing of what seems to be a girl , the girl scribbles on the paper in return receiving a complaint from the envelope child . The girl and the envelope child become friends with the envelope child teaching the girl how to draw cause she only knows how to scribble . They go on a trip visiting places in india by train . During the trip the envelope child is carried away by the wind . The envelope child goes on an adventure and meets different things like the birds , the cloud and the kite . Ultimately the envelope child finds her way back to the little girl in the end and prepares for another adventure. Edit :book found

[Rainbowheart]

Did you read this in English or a different language?

[Daisy]

This is confusing - what's an envelope child?

[Chitrinee]

Rainbowheart wrote: "Did you read this in English or a different language?"
Its in english

[Chitrinee]

Daisy wrote: "This is confusing - what's an envelope child?"

Its supposed to a be a drawing in an envelope that is alive ? Its basically your drawing getting a life of its own

[Kris]

Chitrinee, I see you edited your first post and added a link for The Magical Adventures of Skinny Scribbles by Himanjali Sankar. Glad you found your book. (Note: next time please post a new comment with the solution so we don't miss it.)

Thanks Ky.