Current:Home > ContactJeff Bezos pens Amazon review for Lauren Sánchez's book: How many stars did he rate it? -USAMarket
Jeff Bezos pens Amazon review for Lauren Sánchez's book: How many stars did he rate it?
View
Date:2025-04-14 22:53:30
Jeff Bezos may have started Amazon and now serves as its executive chairman, but he doesn't leave many reviews of the company's products.
Unless his fiancé Lauren Sánchez is involved.
Sánchez's new children's book “The Fly Who Flew to Space” (32 pp, The Collective Book Studio) was released earlier this month and is already on the USA TODAY Best-selling booklist and The New York Times children's picture books best seller list.
On Amazon, it has a rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars, including one that is very short and specific.
"This is the best children’s book my fiancée has ever written," Bezos wrote Sept. 18. Sources confirmed it was a verified purchase from Bezos, who clicked five stars and titled the review "Six stars." We thought he'd get an advance copy.
Check out: USA TODAY's weekly Best-selling Booklist
Bezos has only ever written nine Amazon product reviews, with the last left in 2006 about milk when he rated it 5 stars and wrote, "I love milk so much that I've been drinking it since the day I was born. I don't think it was Tuscan though." He has also left reviews for a book about the solar system, cookies, cheese snacks and binoculars.
Lauren Sánchez's book urges kids to dream big
The charming and playful book has a message every parent hopes their children receive: Anything is possible. Stay curious. Dream Big. It is published in Spanish and English.
Her kids inspired herLauren Sánchez reveals how her children helped her write her new book
The book follows Flynn, a fly who struggles in school, but finds her passion in space. Sánchez, a pilot, says the idea came from a fly that was trapped in the cockpit of a plane she was flying with her kids.
When she wrote the book, she decided the fly should go higher than an airplane and go to space. She, of course, was more recently inspired by Bezos, who owns private space exploration company Blue Origin. He even appears as a fly on page 2.
"Being around someone who is just so dedicated to pushing the boundaries in exploring the unknown is incredibly inspiring to all of us in the family," she says. "Our dinner conversations often revolve around space and innovation. He really just challenges us all to dream big. At the dinner table I was saying something and he said, 'No, dream bigger. Go bigger.' So it's not a surprise that some of that excitement found its way to Flynn's adventure."
Sánchez has sent the past weeks promoting the book with events at bookstores for children, as well as celebrity endorsements from actresses such as Jessica Alba and Eva Longoria.
veryGood! (16827)
Related
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Colombia soccer president Ramón Jesurún and son arrested after Copa America final
- Internet explodes with 50 Cent 'Many Men' memes following Trump attack; rapper responds
- Richard Simmons’ Cause of Death Under Investigation
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Winston, iconic gorilla among the oldest in the world, dies at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
- Certain foods can cause changes in urine, but so can medical conditions. Know the signs.
- 75-year-old man missing for 4 days found alive by K-9 in Maine bog
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- King Charles III and Queen Camilla Pulled Away From Public Appearance After Security Scare
Ranking
- Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
- RNC Day 2: Here's what to expect from the convention after Trump announced VP pick
- Victim of Texas inmate set for execution was loving schoolteacher, pillar of her community
- BMW, Chrysler, Honda among 437K vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Dodgers’ Hernández beats Royals’ Witt for HR Derby title, Alonso’s bid for 3rd win ends in 1st round
- AT&T says nearly all of its cell customers' call and text records were exposed in massive breach
- Carbon monoxide leak at Fulton County jail sends 1 worker to the hospital; requires treatment for 5
Recommendation
The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
Kaspersky to shutter US operations after its software is banned by Commerce Department, citing risk
2nd fraternity booted from the University of Virginia after hazing investigation
The president of Florida’s only public historically Black university resigns after donation debacle
Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
Chrishell Stause & Paige DeSorbo Use These Teeth Whitening Strips: Save 35% During Amazon Prime Day
RHONJ’s Danielle Cabral Confirms the Season 14 Finale Is Just as Shocking as You'd Expect
AT&T says nearly all of its cell customers' call and text records were exposed in massive breach