With a lot consideration on Taylor Swift’s breakup with Joe Alwyn this week, you may virtually neglect that the “Lavender Haze” singer is a extremely adorned musician, with all the things from 12 Grammys to 14 MTV Video Music Awards to 40 American Music Awards — that is greater than anybody else — sitting on her cabinets. And she’ll quickly add one other one, as she turns into one of the few celebrities to have their very own Little Golden Book biography.
Publisher Golden Books introduced this month that 24-page biographies of Swift and different celebrities, designed for kids ages 2-5, will be launched over the following three months. Swift’s installment, Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography, written by Wendy Loggia and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri, “describes the rise to fame of the Grammy Award–winning and multiplatinum artist whose distinctive talent for storytelling has made her one of the biggest superstars in both country and pop music.” The writer added, “This is an inspiring read-aloud for young children and their Swiftie parents!”
A rep for Swift didn’t reply to Yahoo Entertainment’s request for remark.
Sonali Fry, the vice chairman and writer of Little Golden Books, explains that the corporate is at all times including to its record of such titles, however the celebs themselves have no say in it.
“We are constantly updating the running list that we have, and in the past two years we have tripled the number of biographies we publish every year in order to keep up with the demand,” Fry tells us. “We publish artists, world leaders, entertainers, and athletes, and we think about who’s resonating right now in popular culture, as well as people who are inspiring and are role models for children. We also receive suggestions from our sales team, who receive requests from their accounts.”
In addition to the one about Swift, Little Golden Books on Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, celebrated entertainer Julie Andrews and vogue icon Iris Apfel will be accessible May 2. On July 18, books about completed wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, music legend Tony Bennett and late United States Sen. John McCain will land on retailer cabinets. The new books will retail for $5.99.
They be a part of titles primarily based on acquainted names together with Swift’s contemporaries in music, like Beyoncé and Dolly Parton, in addition to high-profile folks resembling Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, distinguished entertainer Harry Belafonte and Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the nation by the COVID-19 pandemic whereas serving as chief medical adviser to the president.
Fry factors out that the Little Golden Books line, first revealed in 1942 and meant to make books for younger readers extra accessible, has a loyal fan base.
“In addition to parents, educators, and children, our audience includes collectors and grandparents,’ Fry remarks. “So many individuals bear in mind the traditional Little Golden Books from their very own childhoods, they usually help the brand new line extensions as properly.”
My Little Golden Book About Betty White was an especially big hit, even with adult fans of the late star of Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Published in 2021, Amazon still has it listed as its top seller in performing arts bios for children, and it shows up regularly in gift stores and lists. The volume was such a smash that Golden Books published a larger collector’s edition with bonus content, a Big Little Golden Book, in November.
“Despite Betty’s whirlwind success,” Fry says, “demand for our upcoming Taylor Swift biography signifies that she could overtake Betty within the close to future!”
It would hardly be Swift’s first file to break.
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