Natalie Portman teases her new children’s book Fables ahead of its release next month
Natalie Portman shared a sneak peek at her upcoming children’s book entitled Natalie Portman’s Fables.
The 39-year-old actress took to Instagram on Monday, sharing a new photo of her reading the book.
She also shared her excitement for the book in a message to her 7.1 million followers, and shared a link with details how to pre-order the book, available October 20.
Sneak peek: Natalie Portman shared a sneak peek at her upcoming children’s book entitled Natalie Portman’s Fables
‘Can’t wait to share my children’s book with you all, Natalie Portman’s Fables — retellings of The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs, and Country Mouse and City Mouse,’ she began.
‘I love these classic stories and wanted to update them to be more reflective of the world in which we live,’ she added.
‘It’s been so fun reading the book to my kids and I look forward to hearing your experiences with your own kids! Link in bio to preorder, in stores 10/20,’ she concluded.
New book: ‘Can’t wait to share my children’s book with you all, Natalie Portman’s Fables — retellings of The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs, and Country Mouse and City Mouse,’ she began
The pre-order link from MacMillan also includes a letter from Portman herself, who reveals that she was introduced to the ‘feminist baby book’ after giving birth to her three-year-old daughter Amalia.
‘Every gift we received seemed to be a book about fierce girls, women who changed history and, yes, literal feminist babies,’ Portman said.
She added that she wasn’t given these kinds of books when her son Aleph was born, and she realized that all of the characters were males.
Feminist baby book: The pre-order link from MacMillan also includes a letter from Portman herself, who reveals that she was introduced to the ‘feminist baby book’ after giving birth to her three-year-old daughter Amalia
‘In response, I started changing the pronouns in my daughter’s classic books. I decided, for my own first children’s book, to use classic fables, because I didn’t want to feel like we had to throw out the history of child-raising,’ she added.
Portman also added she wanted to make her stories, ‘reflective of the actual world, where about half the animal kingdom is male and half is female, and some are neither or both.’
She added that these classic tales, ‘have great messages’ about how ‘hard work pays off’ but these new versions are ‘gender-safe,’ adding that they aren’t saying that boys’ ‘inner lives’ are more valuable than girls.
Response: ‘In response, I started changing the pronouns in my daughter’s classic books. I decided, for my own first children’s book, to use classic fables, because I didn’t want to feel like we had to throw out the history of child-raising,’ she added
Portman has been married to Benjamin Millepied since 2012, and they share two children, Aleph and Amalia.
She is currently filming her highly-anticipated superhero sequel Thor: Love and Thunder in Australia.
The actress is also attached to star in the upcoming mini-series We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.
Wife and Husband: Portman has been married to Benjamin Millepied since 2012, and they share two children, Aleph and Amalia