Jennifer LopezandJimmy Fallon: longtime friends, A-list celebs, and now, co-authors!
TheMarry Meactress, 52, and thelate-night talk showhost, 47, announced exclusively to PEOPLE Thursday that they’ve teamed up to write a brand-new bilingual children’s book,Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure, which is set for release on Oct. 11 this year.
“I’m so excited to launch my first children’s book and it’s even more special to collaborate with Jimmy!” Lopez says in a statement to PEOPLE.
Fallon says he and the singer-actress “have always wanted to do something together.”
“One of the many things I love about her is how great of a mom she is,” Fallon says .“Since we’re both parents, we thought a children’s book would be the perfect fit.”
“It’s fun and educational and my Spanish teachers from high school would be so impressed to know that I’m teaching kids to speak Spanish withJennifer Lopez.”
“Do you want to publish a book with Jimmy Fallon andJennifer Lopez? Or publicar un libro con Pollo? All of the above,” says Jean Feiwel, Senior Vice President and Publishing Director at Feiwel and Friends, in a statement to PEOPLE.
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Although Lopez is the author of theNew York Timesbest-selling memoir,True Love, this year’s release ofCon Polloserves as the first children’s book she’s written.
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“We couldn’t love Jimmy Fallon more,” said Feiwel in a press release issued to PEOPLE at the time.
source: people.com
