Kristen Bell is lending her voice to the audiobook edition of Josh Gad’s forthcoming children’s book, People magazine reports.
Bell, the actor known for her roles in the series Veronica Mars and The Good Place, and her voice acting in the Disney hit films Frozen and Frozen II, will narrate Gad’s PictureFace Lizzy, his picture book illustrated by Marta Kissi. The book follows Eve, a girl who is determined to get her parents to buy her a popular doll; a critic for Kirkus called it “a humorous yet balanced take on a hot topic.”
PictureFace Lizzy is the first book from Gad, who also starred in the Frozen films, as well as the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. The actor has a memoir, In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some, coming next year.
Gad told People, “The second I realized my voice is simply too deep to bring an adolescent girl to life, I knew that the only person for the job was my friend Kristen Bell. I am therefore so grateful that I was able to trick her into being the audiobook narrator of PictureFace Lizzy by telling her she was recording dialogue for Frozen 3.”
PictureFace Lizzy is scheduled for publication on Sept. 17.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
