I'm Back! And I Brought Stephen Colbert and Julie Andrews!

What do Stephen Colbert and Dame Julie Andrews have in common? They’re both children’s authors!


I know it seems as though celebrities jump on the picture book bandwagon without any real background in crafting stories, but Julie Andrews has been writing for a long time. She’s written quite a few books under the name Julie Andrews Edwards—my two favorites are probably The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles (picture book) and Mandy (middle grade). 

I LOVED these books as a girl, never realizing they were written by none other than MARY POPPINS! Talk about a multitasker. Most recently, Dame Julie Andrews has written The Very Fairy Princess series.

For his part, Stephen Colbert has blasted onto the children's scene with I am a Pole (and so can you!). 


What began as a joke, pitched to Maurice Sendak (author/illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are—see the interview here), has turned into an actual book deal for Colbert.

I don’t want to spoil too much of the fun, so here’s a link to a lovely interview between Julie and Stephen. It takes few minutes to watch, but it’s hilarious and a great way to start out the weekend (watch to the end to see their cute duet):

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