Episode 223 - Summer Concerts at Jones Beach + Celebrity Authors

Sara has a list of the concerts and events coming up this summer at Jones Beach! Check out our extensive Music CD collection to get you ready to see your favorite artists live. Interested in attending a concert at Jones Beach? Check out the link here for details: https://www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAE6eAA/northwell-health-at-jones-beach-theater-events Nicole was surprised at just how many "celebrity authors" have written children's books. Here's a sample of some books mentioned on today's episode: Mr. Peabody's Apples / by Madonna ; art by Loren Long http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1395875 The one and only Sparkella / Channing Tatum ; illustrated by Kim Barnes http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2056571 Perfectly prima / Whoopi Goldberg, with Deborah Underwood ; illustrated by Maryn Roos http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1535170 The very fairy princess / by Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton ; illustrated by Christine Davenier http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1540073 Out of the ballpark / by Alex Rodriguez ; illustrated by Frank Morrison http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1450121 This is me : a story of who we are & where we came from / by Jamie Lee Curtis ; illustrated by Laura Cornell http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1772153 Snowball fight! / by Jimmy Fallon ; illustrated by Adam Stower http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1438182 If roast beef could fly [sound recording] / Jay Leno ; illustrated by S.B. Whitehead http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2069371 Please, baby, please / by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1384530 The case of the time-capsule bandit / Octavia Spencer http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1611708 The book with no pictures / B.J. Novak http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1633352 She persisted : 13 American women who changed the world / written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1813012 River Rose and the magical lullaby / Kelly Clarkson ; illustrated by Laura Hughes http://lilink.org/record=b14173144~S0