Sen. Kennedy Writes Children’s Book
by Aaron Margolis, January 9th, 2006 at 08:16pm
Stanley “Tookie” Williams wrote children’s books in prison.
Senator Ted Kennedy, who should have been in prison for killing Mary Jo Kopechne, has just written a children’s book, too.
Meet the latest children’s author, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and his Portuguese Water Dog, Splash, his co-protagonist in “My Senator and Me: A Dogs-Eye View of Washington, D.C.”
Scholastic Inc. will release the book in May.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to create a book for young readers and their families that will deepen their understanding of how our American government works,” Kennedy said in a statement Monday issued by Scholastic.
According to Scholastic, Kennedy’s book “not only takes readers through a full day in the Senator’s life, but also explains how a bill becomes a law.” Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, was inspired to write the book from his work with a Washington-based reading program, “Everybody Wins!”
Kennedy’s net proceeds will be donated to charity.
Books are a Kennedy family tradition, from John F. Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Profiles in Courage” to the poetry compilations edited by Caroline Kennedy. Books about dogs are a Washington tradition, thanks to the best-selling “Millie’s Book,” by then-first lady Barbara Bush.
Ted Kennedy’s book is 56 pages and includes illustrations by David Small, winner of the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his pictures in Judith St. George’s “So You Want to Be President?”
“My Senator and Me: A Dogs-Eye View of Washington, D.C.”
by Ted Kennedy
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