Keith Richards, Billy Crystal, The Fonz: The Celebrity Children's Book Author Club
by Sophie Miskiw
Keith
Richards isn't the only celebrity to write a children's book, check out
these other celebrity authors who have dabbled in children's
literature.
OK, so Keith Richards has released a children’s book called ‘Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar’,
which was inspired by his own childhood and first experiences with
music. There are lots of things that we think of Keith Richards as
being, a children’s author is certainly not one. That said, we’re sure
that the book will be magical and the sneak peek at illustrations
indicate they will be beautiful, but it’s got us thinking about which
other celebrities have written children’s books. And wow. You would not
believe some of the celebs that have!
Keith Richards Has Penned A Children's Book
Bill Cosby wrote a book for children. Yep, the
Bill Cosby, from The Cosby Show fame. The one who is always been
accused of being inappropriate in a manner of ways. Cosby’s book is
called ‘The Day I Was Rich’ and purports to teach children the
value of friendship over money. When Little Bill (nothing Freudian to
see here) discovers what he thinks is a huge diamond, which turns out to
be a glass paperweight, he and friends are momentarily deflated before
returning to the fun they had before they discovered the ‘treasure’.
Heartwarming stuff.
The main character in Bill's book is called 'Little Bill'
Billy Crystal didn’t want to miss out on the children’s book writing action, so penned his own called ‘I Already Know I Love You’.
The book deals with the emotions that come with becoming a grandfather
and are based on Billy’s own experiences. We actually quite like the
unusual angle that Billy has taken with this one, focusing on the
grandfather, rather than the child. It’s sounds like a great way to
teach children empathy by putting them in someone else’s boots.
Billy Crystal's book is about becoming a grandfather
We’d never have expected Whoopi Goldberg to have written a children’s book, but she ruddy well has. ‘Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1: Plum Fantastic’
is Whoopi’s contribution to children’s literature and deals with
Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson and her ballet mad mother. The books
focuses on Alexandrea’s stage fright, as her ballet friends help her to
overcome and perform without fear.
Who pegged Whoopi Goldberg as a ballet fan?
This
lot can also claim to be members of the celebrity children’s book
author gang, some of them you will be totally shocked to see join the
list! Hollywood actress Julianne Moore wrote ‘Freckleface Strawberry’,
John Lithgow’s offering is called ‘Marsupial Sue’, ghetto gal Queen Latifah wrote ‘Queen of the Scene’ which comes as a book and CD, Will Smith reused his song lyrics to write ‘Just the Two of Us’ and the Fonz, sorry Henry Winkler, wrote a 4 book collection called ‘Hank Zipzer’.Well, we are bowled over by all of these celebs who undertook to write children’s books! Are you as surprised as we are to see some of these names on the list?