According to The New York Times website, Peters' book, which benefits the Broadway Barks charity, ranks in the fifth position on the current Children's Books best seller's list — in the Picture Books category — which follows. 1. "Read All About It!," by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush
2. "Gallop!," written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
3. "Dirt On My Shirt," by Jeff Foxworthy
4. "Alphabet," by Matthew Van Fleet
5. "Broadway Barks," by Bernadette Peters

Peters' "Broadway Barks," which features illustrations by Liz Murphy, was released in late April on the Blue Apple Books label and boasts a CD featuring a lively reading of the story by Peters and a lovely song ("Kramer's Song") penned by the Tony-winning Annie Get Your Gun and Song & Dance star. The charming children's book, the tale of a down-on-his-luck, yet scrappy dog Kramer , benefits Broadway Barks, the charitable organization co-founded by Peters and good friend Mary Tyler Moore over a decade ago.

	Peters' new tome

Bernadette Peters was last on Broadway in the acclaimed revival of Gypsy, for which she received a 2003 Tony Award nomination for her performance as Rose in the Sam Mendes-directed production. She won her two Tonys for her performances in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance and Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, and she has also starred on Broadway in Mack & Mabel, On the Town, Sunday in the Park with George, The Goodbye Girl and the original production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. Peters' newest live recording, "Sondheim, Etc., Etc.—Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It)," is available on the Angel Records label. Masterworks Broadway has also released a "Legends of Broadway" CD celebrating her theatrical career. Peters' screen credits are numerous. Visit www.bernadettepeters.com for more information.