Celebrities' Favorite Childhood Books

Celebrities share the one special book that so influenced their young lives that they've made sure to share it with their kids.

By Bonnie Siegler

Courtesy of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

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Meredith Vieira

I loved Eloise, for everything she wasn't. She wasn't pretty, she wasn't the model child -- she was a little devil, and I envied her spunk. I grew up in a typical suburban home and wanted to live in the Plaza Hotel. After I brought my daughter Lily home from the hospital, Eloise was the first thing I bought her. She's 7 years old now, and she has all the Eloise books. One Christmas we even took the kids to the Plaza for the weekend.

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