Caroline Sunshine and Adam Irigoyen strike a pose with author Jenny Lee at the Elvis and The Underdogs reading held at Children’s Book World on Saturday afternoon (May 18) in Los Angeles.
After the reading, the 17-year-old Shake It Up actress and her 15-year-old co-star also signed copies of the book for the children in attendance!
Zendaya and Bella Thorne hold up a copy of Jenny Lee‘s new book, “Elvis and the Underdogs”.
The whole cast posed with the new book by Ms. Lee, who also happens to write for Shake It Up!
“Elvis and the Underdogs” summary: Ten-year-old Benji has always felt like a misfit. He is small and has health concerns that include fainting in stressful situations. He has also become the favorite target of the class bully. When he suffers a seizure at school and ends up in the hospital, his only alternative to wearing a protective helmet is to get a therapy dog, to which his mother reluctantly agrees. However, Parker Elvis Pembroke IV, a Newfoundland, is not just a therapy dog; he is a talking dog whom only Benji can hear. With his arrival, Benji’s life starts to change dramatically for the better.
“Shaking IT Up at #DWTS!!! My two favorite girls @Zendaya96 and @CSUNSHINE!!!” Adam tweeted.
Caroline added with another pic, “We love you Z!! ? #TeamValdaya #DWTS.”
Also spotted: Zendaya‘s TV mom, Carla Renata. “After #DWTS with my #ShakeItUp crew @Zendaya @CSUNSHINE @adamirigoyen! Z you danced beautifully! #PromDaya,” she wrote on Twitter.
In “My Fair Librarian It Up,” CeCe (Thorne) and Rocky (Zendaya) help Miss Burke (Tyra Banks) win over the heart of her crush, Mr. Zigfeld (Alfonso Ribeiro).
The 15-year-old Shake It Up star chatted about his character Deuce, looking beyond Disney and his music. Check it:
On looking up to Will Smith: “If I was to model my career after anyone it would definitely be Will Smith, because every role he does is so different from the last, he’s such a diverse actor, and that’s kind of what I aspire to be. I want to be very diverse actor, someone who can do one thing in one move and then do something completely different in the next.”
On Shake It Up: “There’s going to be a lot more of Deuce, that’s for sure. There s a lot of fun cool stuff, a lot of Deuce and Dina stuff.”
On balancing a music and acting career: “I feel like at times, I’m going to have to focus one more than the other, just because of the way things are scheduled out specially if I was going to be on a tour or what not. But, I will try to give equal attention to both my singing career and my acting career at the same time because I feel like they’re both important to me and they are both something that I wanted to grow up and continue doing for a long time, so I feel like I have to treat it like they’re both one career.”
