Reese Witherspoon has become the latest celebrity to read a bedtime story to children (and parents) on CBeebies.

The channel's popular Bedtime Stories programme offers "a different story read each night just before bedtime" - with the books having been read by various celebrities in recent years.

The Legally Blonde star, 45, will be the latest to narrate a story on the show, and will be reading the Extraordinary! by Penny Harrison later this month, a tale all about celebrating special moments in life with friends and family.

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The mum-of-three will be the first Best Actress Oscar winner to join the long list of celebrities who have appeared on the show, including Tom Hardy, Dolly Parton, Chris Ramsey and Ed Sheeran.

Reese is perhaps most notable for her role as fashion-obsessed lawyer Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde. She later received acclaim for playing June Carter Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005) - for which she won an Oscar.

Reese Witherspoon wearing a red dress at a red carpet event
Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon who will read a short story on CBeebies on January 28

More recently the star has appeared and produced TV projects such as Big Little Lies - which ran from 2017 to 2019.

The children's channel's popular Bedtime Stories programme offers "a different story read each night just before bedtime" - and the books are often read aloud by various celebrities or inspirational people.

You can watch Reese's story on January 28 at 6.50pm on CBeebies.

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