OBAMA'S INAUGURAL ILLUSTRATED!

Brenda Bowen and I through HarperCollins/The Bowen Press will be putting together a children's picture book based on the inaugural speech of our 44th president. The idea is to adapt the speech so that we can get second and third graders to better make sense about what the speech promised, and what it all means- we'll include a full transcript of the speech in the rear of the book along with a listing of moments in the first 100 days as well. The idea is to create something that looks beyond celebrating his biography and makes a lasting document of this remarkable time.

The book is due on the shelves October 2009.

Publisher's Weekly just did a quick announcement of the project- VERY exciting stuff. Check it out:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6631511.html?nid=2788