Jamie Lee Curtis is about the only celebrity I can think of who actually writes good children's books, so she is the only one I have listed in my Authors/Artists Subjects directory. So many movie stars and other celebrities come out with terrible children's books that have a brief moment of fame due to the star's celebrity and then are never heard of again. Did you know that Madonna has now signed a contract to write six children's books? The New York Daily News online reported that Madonna decided to write her own books because when she read children's books to her three year old son, she "'...couldn't believe how vapid and vacant and empty all the stories were.'"

I have two questions for you:
1. What do you think of the news that Madonna now has a contract to write children's books?

2. Can you think of other celebrities who have turned out to be good writers, whose books your children have enjoyed?

Join our discussion and let me know. recall recall