Ask AP: Brooke Shields

Celebrities, Celebrity Q&A, People
on February 1, 2009

I really enjoy watching Brooke Shields on Lipstick Jungle, but I hear she also writes children’s books. Is that true?

—Lola Kanakaredes, Skokie, Ill.

HarperCollins Publishers approached Shields with the idea of writing a children’s book about a young girl waiting for her baby sister to be born. Shields, 43, knew just where to turn for inspiration. “Basically, my daughters wrote it and I am taking all the credit,” says the mother of Rowan, 5, and Grier, 2. “Rowan literally walked in when (Grier) was brought home from the hospital, made this grand gesture and said, ‘Welcome to your world, baby.'” Welcome to Your World, Baby is in bookstores now, soon to be followed by The Best Day Ever, Dad, a story about the girls’ bond with their father, Hollywood producer Chris Henchy.