Channing Tatum wears a jumpsuit while working on an art project with kids in Brooklyn while promoting his book The One And Only Sparkella And The Big Lie
Channing Tatum took some time out of his busy schedule to work on a fun art project with some kids in Brooklyn this week.
Everly’s father, 10, with ex-wife Jenna Dewan, 42, is promoting his third children’s book – The One And Only Sparkella And The Big Lie.
The Magic Mike star read from his book at the Books Are Magic store and then helped the kids paint a colorful mural.
The Lost City actor, 43, wore a long-sleeved navy blue jumpsuit.
The Step Up star recently revealed the inspiration behind his new book.
Magic: Channing Tatum took some time out of his busy schedule to work on a fun art project with some kids in Brooklyn this week
Art: Everly’s father, 10, with ex-wife Jenna Dewan, 42, promotes his third children’s book – The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie
Read: The Magic Mike star read from his book at the Books Are Magic store, then helped the kids paint a colorful mural
“We really had to figure out which way we wanted to go,” he said of figuring out the story.
He released The One and Only Sparkella in 2021 and The One and Only Sparkella Makes a Plan in 2022.
“And if you have kids, you know they’re learning huge life lessons every day at a rapid pace. So trying to pick one and reinforce it isn’t the easiest job.’
And it was a real incident with Everly that finally gave Channing the idea for his latest book.
As a father, the Magic Mike star learned that kids start experimenting with lying around the age of five.
“They’re really starting to experiment with lying and really telling these untruths to see how they make them feel,” he said. “They’re starting to use them as tools in a sense.”
He went on to tell a story about a time when his daughter brought a toy car home from school. The Step Up actor said he could tell it was “eating her.”
‘She calls me in. And she always made me not go to bed when I told her to. I was like, “Ev, what’s going on?” She says, “You’re just going to be so mad at me. I just can’t tell you.” And I’m like, “Evie, just tell me. I’m not going to get mad. I promise. We’ll handle whatever it is. It’s okay.”
Author: He released The One and Only Sparkella in 2021 and The One and Only Sparkella Makes a Plan in 2022
Idea: ‘We really had to figure out which way we wanted to go,’ he said of figuring out the story’
New book: ‘And if you have children, you know that they go through enormous life lessons every day at a rapid pace. So trying to pick one and reinforce it isn’t the easiest job’
Inspiration: And it was a real incident with Everly that finally gave Channing the idea for his latest book
Daughter father: As a father, the Magic Mike star learned that children start experimenting with lying around the age of five’
Books are magic: they’re really starting to experiment with lying and really telling these untruths to see how they make them feel,” he said. “They’re starting to use them as tools in a sense”
Fun: Channing posed with the kids after painting a mural and reading his book
Everly eventually admitted what she had done. And that was a great relief. She definitely had to return it and apologise. But that was the worst,” Tatum explained.
“I think it was a big lesson for her. It was that first one. That first big, big one that makes you feel like your world is ending.”
In The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie, Sparkella tries to befriend the cool kid at school by taking another friend’s toys to impress them.
“Usually I always connect it to something I’ve been through with Evie so I can at least understand the emotional journey of it,” Tatum said.