Barack Obama to publish children's book about inspirational authors (with his own kids on the cover)
Mail Foreign Service
He usually goes to great lengths to exclude his daughters from the public eye.
But in a surprising move, U.S. President Barack Obama, has published a book with a picture of his two girls on the front, titled Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughter.
The volume, featuring cartoon of Malia, 12, and Sasha, nine, walking their dog Bo on the cover, is a tribute to 13 groundbreaking American authors, including the first president George Washington and artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
It runs at 40 pages and an initial print run of 500,000 copies will be made, at a cost of £17.99.
Proceeds from the book, which is due to go on sale in November - just as mid-term elections threaten to reduce the number of Democrats in Congress - will go to 'a scholarship fund for the children of fallen and disabled soldiers serving our nation'.
Chip Gibson, publisher at Random House - which is also produced Mr Obama's previous works Dreams From My Father and The Audacity Of Hope - said the book was intended for children aged three and above.
'It is an honour to publish this extraordinary book, which is an inspiring marriage of words and images, history and story.
He usually goes to great lengths to exclude his daughters from the public eye.
But in a surprising move, U.S. President Barack Obama, has published a book with a picture of his two girls on the front, titled Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughter.
The volume, featuring cartoon of Malia, 12, and Sasha, nine, walking their dog Bo on the cover, is a tribute to 13 groundbreaking American authors, including the first president George Washington and artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
It runs at 40 pages and an initial print run of 500,000 copies will be made, at a cost of £17.99.
Proceeds from the book, which is due to go on sale in November - just as mid-term elections threaten to reduce the number of Democrats in Congress - will go to 'a scholarship fund for the children of fallen and disabled soldiers serving our nation'.
Chip Gibson, publisher at Random House - which is also produced Mr Obama's previous works Dreams From My Father and The Audacity Of Hope - said the book was intended for children aged three and above.
'It is an honour to publish this extraordinary book, which is an inspiring marriage of words and images, history and story.
Tribute: The U.S. President walks with his wife and daughters Malia and Sasha in Hawaii. The girls feature on the cover of his new book
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