Earlier this week, we heard Samuel L. Jackson’s reading of Go The Fuck to Sleep and really wished the bad-ass actor would embark on writing his own book for kids. Until that time comes, here’s a list of just a few of the musicians and actors who have added author to their already extensive resumes.
15. Jay Leno – If Roast Beef Could Fly
This short story is a retelling of one of Leno’s childhood experiences in which he stuffed a plastic fork into a still-cooking roast beef and it melted, soiling the family meal. Add in some signature Leno exaggeration and you have a perfectly over the top children’s book. (But we’d still like Conan’s book better.)
14. Cheech Marin – Cheech The School Bus Driver
Iconic stoner comic Chech Marin wrote this book about an alternative world where he would be a bus driver and coach kids in a mariachi band into winning a talent show.
13. Jerry Seinfield – Halloween
Funny guy Jerry Seinfield chronicles what it’s like to be a kid caught up in the candy-frenzy of Halloween.
12. Sting – Rock Steady: A Story of Noah’s Ark
The former chief of The Police gives the traditional biblical story a funky, rock ‘n roll twist.
11. Queen Latifah – Queen of the Scene
This rhyming salute to girl power is exactly what we’d expect from rap’s leading lady.
10. Jimmy Buffett – The Jolly Mon
A fisherman finds a magical guitar and listens to it when it tells him to share his music with the neighboring islands. Buffett co wrote this and one other book with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett.
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