Gloria Estefan THE MAGICALLY MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES OF NOELLE THE BULLDOG

October 10, 2005 by wfzimmerman | No comments

Gloria Estefan imparts pet wisdom in kids’ book - Yahoo! News: “NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Latin pop singer
Gloria Estefan wanted to expound on life’s lessons, she first considered writing an autobiography.
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But in the end she chose to impart her wisdom in the way of many celebrities: by penning a children’s book — ‘THE MAGICALLY MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES OF NOELLE THE BULLDOG,’ set to hit bookshelves on October 11.”

The worlde has not been clamoring for more bulldog books.

To be fair, the message is a good one:

Estefan’s message is, “You don’t have to give up who you are to be successful just because you’re different.”

The caterpillar-turns-into-butterfly theme may be the oldest in children’s book history, but Estefan says it is heartfelt and mirrors her own experience moving to the United States from Cuba as a young Spanish-speaking child.

“I was the only girl in class who spoke Spanish and the first word I learned was ’stupid’ because that’s what the kid next to me called me,” Estefan said. “But within six months, I had won the reading award there.”

Reuters dredged a children’s book critic out of the netherworld to dump all over Gloria:

“It’s bad rhyme and by and large, good books for kids are better than that,” said Deborah Stevenson, editor of the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books.

Most children’s books penned by celebrities are “deservedly forgotten,” says Stevenson, adding that they should stop trying to make their prose rhyme.

A long line of stars from
Jamie Lee Curtis and
Jerry Seinfeld to Madonna have written children’s books. Many have enjoyed healthy book sales, if not particularly great reviews.

“Celebrity children’s books don’t sell based on whether they are good or not,” Stevenson said. “They sell based on whether parents want to buy the celebrity’s name or not.”

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