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Barbra Streisand Will Publish a Children’s Book Next March Dedicated to Her Grandchildren: Let’s Hope it’s Not 900 Pages, Like Her Autobiography

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Legendary singer Barbra Streisand is publishing a new book.

A couple of years ago she published a 900 page memoir.

Now she’s got a children’s book called “And by the way…”. Let’s hope it’s not 900 pages!

Barbra says, “I love being “Gamma Barbra” to my three beautiful grandchildren. Since reading is such a wonderful way to engage and stimulate young minds.”

Streisand actually has four step grandkids by her 30 year marriage to James Brolin. (And they said it would never last!) Three are from actor Josh Brolin, and one is from James’s daughter, Molly. She’s very close to the whole family, including son Jason Gould.

“And by the way” is actually only 40 pages, and is illustrated by Paige Keiser. Publisher is Flamingo Books, a division of PenguinRandomHouseetc.

The book’s amazon page offers a little bit of Streisand’s poetry:

Dress up, speak up, and dream big.

Fill your backpack with
a book,
paint,
and paper.
An idea could strike at any moment.
Wear your rain boots.
You never know when you’ll find the perfect puddle.
Reach for the moon with your big ideas.
And by the way . . . in my heart, you’re already a shining star.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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