Once upon a Fairy Tale: Four Favorite Stories
Little Red Riding Hood, the Frog Prince, Goldilocks, Rumplestiltskin...  You may remember this cast of characters from story hour. Stand this beloved  crew on their heads, stretch them, twist them, and surround them from all sides  and you haveOnce upon a Fairy Tale, the second star-studded children's  book project (followingThe  Emperor's New Clothes) to benefit the Starbright Foundation for  seriously ill children.  Twenty-one celebrities from Oprah Winfrey to Barbra Streisand to Robin Williams  to Steven Spielberg share their short, unique takes on four traditional stories,  teaming up with a dizzying array of artistic talent from Chris Raschka to Anita  Lobel. (Among our favorites are Berkeley Breathed's goofy rendition of the Frog  Prince and Giselle Potter's odd perspective on Goldilocks.) A full-length audio  CD, slipped into a pocket in the back of the book, is chock-full of bedtime  stories read by celebrities, complete with delicate musical accompaniments.  (Please note: you can't listen while reading along with the book--there are  enough discrepancies in the recorded version to make it too distracting.) Brief  biographies of the cast of celebrities and illustrators end this eclectic  collection. If you never imagined Bruce Willis reading a bedtime story, or  Calista Flockhart as Goldilocks (okay, so that's easy), dreams come true here  for the pop-culture-entrenched. (Ages 6 to adult)