Nickelodeon is creating a limited-edition series of celebrity-designed backpacks for auction this summer. With more participants to be announced shortly, VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and Shakira, along with Salma Hayek Pinault and John Leguizamo, will put their personal touches on special Dora-themed backpacks. A limited quantity of each backpack will be auctioned off globally in countries including the United States, France, the U.K., Mexico, Canada, Spain, The Netherlands, Greece, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. One hundred percent of the U.S. proceeds will benefit the Children's Defense Fund. One hundred percent of international proceeds will go toward childhood education in each respective country.

I used to have one of those L.L.Bean backpacks with my initials on them. Unfortunately my real initials spell COW. (Craig Oswald Wettner) I used to get made fun of because I was a chubby child and my initials, of course, brought that to attention.

My parents never understood what the problem was. "Why are you not enthralled with your initials?" "Because they spell COW was not a valid excuse. If I had a cool backpack designed by my hero John Leguizamo, maybe the kids wouldn't have teased me so bad. I mocked up what my favorite Leguizamo design might look like.