10 celebrities with unusual voices reading classic children’s books.
Rainn Wilson—the endearingly oddball funnyman whose film and TV credits include The Office, The Rocker, The Meg, and dozens of other things I haven’t actually seen but would probably watch on a plane—is narrating a new audiobook of Norton Juster’s classic children’s adventure novel, The Phantom Tollbooth.
Listening to distinctly-voiced celebrities read beloved children’s books is a thoroughly delightful experience, so here are ten of my favorites.
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Morgan Freeman reading Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
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Christopher Walken reading The Three Little Pigs
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Tim Curry reading Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Jesse Jackson reading Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham
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Betty White reading Gene Zion’s Harry the Dirty Dog
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LeVar Burton reading Clement Clarke Moore’s The Night Before Christmas
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Benedict Cumberbatch reading Paul Galdone’s The Little Red Hen
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Rose Byrne reading Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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James Earl Jones reading Evelyn Coleman’s To Be a Drum
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Meryl Streep reading Maurice Sendak’s The Sign on Rosie’s Door
And of course…
