Add to President Obama's Resume: Children's Book Author

A new book is being published in November.

From the story in the New York Times...

The book, illustrated by Loren Long, is a tribute “to 13 groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation,” the publisher said, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackie Robinson and George Washington. The cover features an illustration of Mr. Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha, as they stroll across a grassy lawn with the family dog, Bo, leading the way.

Mr. Obama wrote the book before he took office in January 2009.

“It is an honor to publish this extraordinary book, which is an inspiring marriage of words and images, history and story,” Chip Gibson, the president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books, said in a statement, adding that the book “celebrates the characteristics that unite all Americans — the potential to pursue our dreams and forge our own paths.”