One of the presentations I often do at conferences is one where the attendees analyze and form opinions about books written by celebrities. I have all the copies there to preview as well. Here is a list of just some of the more popular ones. Which one's do you like? How do you feel about "famous people" not necessarily authors/writers being able to publish books for children?
Children's Books by Celebrities
- Jimmy Buffet, The Jolly Mon
- Jimmy & Amy Carter, The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer
- Prince of Wales Charles , The Old Man of Lochnagar
- Patricia Cornwell, Life's Little Fable
- Bill Cosby, series: Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers
- Katie Couric, The Brand New Kid
- Mario Cuomo, The Blue Spruce
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Where Do Balloons Go?, Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born, Today I Feel Silly, When I Was Little : A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth
- Dom DeLuise, Golidlocks, The Nightingale, Charlie the Caterpillar, King
- Bob's New Clothes, Hansel and Gretel
- Julie Andrews Edwards, Mandy , The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles , Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea
- Julie Andrews Edwards & Emma Hamilton Blake, Dumpy the Dumptruck
- Sarah Ferguson (Fergie), Budgie: the Little Helicopter, Budgie: At Bendick's Point
- Jerry Garcia, The Teddy Bears' Picnic, There Ain't No Bugs on Me, What will Jenny Jenkins Wear?
- Whoopi Goldberg, Alice
- Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster), A Chocolate Moose for Dinner, The King Who Rained, A Little Pigeon Toad, Easy to See Why, Pondlarker, The Sixteen-Hand Horse, The Story of Ick, Ick's ABC, What's Nude?
- Susan Hampshire, Rosie's Ballet Slippers
- Naomi Judd, Naomi Judd's Love Can Build a Bridge, Naomi Judd's Guardian Angels
- Larry & Chaia King, Daddy Day, Daughter Day
- John Lithgow, The Remarkable Farkle McBride, Marsupial Sue (due out in October)
- Bette Midler, The Saga of Baby Divine
- Deborah Norville, I Don't Want to Sleep Tonight, I Can Fly (due out in March)
- Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors
- Dini Petty, The Queen, the Bear, and the Bumblebee
- Della Reese, God Inside of Me
- Faith Ringgold, Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky, Tar Beach, The Invisible Princess, If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks, My Dream of Martin Luther King, Dinner at Aunt Connie's House
- (Dr.) Laura Schlessinger, Why Do You Love Me?, Dr. Laura Schlessinger's But I Waaannt It!
- Pete Seeger, Abiyoyo
- Jane Seymour (with James Keach), Eat, Talk, Play, Me & Me (all in the This One and That One block books series), Boing!: No Bouncing on the Bed, This
- One 'N That One in Splat!: The Tale of a Colorful Cat (both This One 'N That One)
- Ally Sheedy, She Was Nice to Mice
- (Judge) Judy Sheindlin, Judge Judy Sheindlin's You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover: Cool Rules for School, Judge Judy Sheindlin's Win or Lose by How You Choose!
- Maria Shriver, What's Heaven?
- Carly Simon, Amy the Dancing Bear, The Nighttime Chauffeur, The Fisherman's Song, The Boy of the Bells, Midnight Farm
- Will Smith, Just the Two of Us (due out in April)
- Danielle Steel, Martha's New Puppy, Max Runs Away
- John Travolta, Propeller One-Way Night Coach
My own personal opinion on the matter follows that of this audio clip by Jon Sciezka, former ambassador for children's literature. Have a listen HERE.
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