From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2-Jamie Lee Curtis's acting skills serve her well in this audio collection containing all of her humorous picture books, including the most recent title, I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem (HarperCollins, 2002). Curtis introduces each story by posing a question to listeners, and then shares a bit of related information from her own family experiences. This creates a pleasing sense of intimacy between the narrator and listeners. Curtis reads with enthusiastic inflection except for her quietly gentle rendition of her book about adoption, Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (HarperCollins, 1996). Other titles included here are When I Was Little (HarperCollins, 1993), in which a four year old reminisces about her life, Where Do Balloons Go? (HarperCollins, 2000), and Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day (HarperCollins, 1998), a wonderful book about the many emotions preschoolers experience each day. Each side of the cassette ends with the same two lullabies, performed by Margaret Dorn and Katie Spencer. One can't help but miss Laura Cornell's exuberant watercolor illustrations which add so much to Curtis's repetitive, rhyming texts, but this recording will nonetheless make for pleasant and peaceful listening. If the books are available to pore over while listening, all the better.
B. Allison Gray, South Country Library, Bellport, NYCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Jamie Lee Curtis is a critically-acclaimed and best-selling author. Her most recent book,
Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day enjoyed an extraordinary nine weeks on the
New York Times best-seller list. It has sold over 750,000 copies to date. Other best-selling titles include
Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born And
When I Was Little: A Four-Year Old’s Memoir Of Her Youth. All of Curtis’ picture books have been illustrated by the acclaimed artist, Laura Cornell. Her fourth book,
Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery will be published in September 2000.
Curtis has demonstrated her versatility as a film actress with starring roles in such acclaimed films as the blockbuster True Lies opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, for which she earned a Golden Globe Award, and Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd for which she earned a British Film Academy award for Best Supporting Actress. Most recently Jamie starred in Halloween: H2O, which was the 20 year sequel to Halloween, —the now classic film which first brought her to the attention of audiences worldwide. Other memorable leading film role performances include A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Virus, Dominick And Eugene, Blue Steel, My Girl, My Girl Ii, Forever Young, Mother’s Boys, House Arrest and Love Letters.
In television, Curtis co-starred opposite Richard Lewis in the acclaimed sitcom Anything But Love which earned her both a Golden Globe and People’s Choice Award, as well as TNT’s adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles which also earned her a Golden Globe nomination. More recently, Jamie starred in the CBS telefilm Nicholas’ Gift for which she received an Emmy nomination.
Curtis began her Hollywood career in 1977 when she signed on as a contract player with Universal Studios. She was a regular on the television series Operation Petticoat when she was cast in Halloween. That role lead to subsequent roles in Prom Night, Terror Train and The Fog.
Jamie Lee Curtis is the mother of Annie and Thomas. She is married to actor/director Christopher Guest.
