Michelle Obama to narrate audio edition of 'Where The Wild Things Are'

Michelle Obama has read from 'Where The Wild Things Are' before. In 2016, she and President Barack Obama acted out the classic picture book for an Easter event at the South Lawn of the White House. Photo: AFP

A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama.

HarperCollins Publishers announced recently that the audio download will go on sale Oct 31, the 60th anniversary of the book's original release.