奧巴馬兒童書11月出版 細(xì)寫美國13位先驅(qū)人物
President Barack Obama will release a children's picture book, inspired by his two daughters, that pays tribute to 13 influential Americans, publisher Random House said on Tuesday。
Called "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," the book was written by Obama before he took office in January, 2009 and will be released on November 16, two week after the mid-term elections. It is illustrated by award-winning author Loren Long。
The book will address "groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped" the United States including former US President George Washington, the first black Major League Baseball player Jackie Robinson and artist Georgia O'Keeffe, the publisher said. The ten other subjects were not revealed。
Obama, who has written two bestselling books, "Dreams from My Father," and "The Audacity of Hope," was inspired to do the book through his experience as the father of two daughters, Malia, 12 and Sasha, 9, the publisher said。
It is part of a three-book $1.9 million deal Obama agreed with Random House in 2004.
The book will have a 500,000 first print run and proceeds will be donated to a scholarship fund for fallen and disabled U.S. soldiers. It will be published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, a division of Random House, which is owned by Germany's Bertelsmann AG。
蘭登書屋本周二宣布，美國總統(tǒng)貝拉克•奧巴馬將出版一本受兩個(gè)女兒啟發(fā)撰寫的兒童圖畫書，并在其中向13名杰出美國人致敬。
這本名為《贊美你：致我女兒們的一封信》的讀物是奧巴馬總統(tǒng)2009年1月就職前所寫，定于11月16日，恰逢國會(huì)中期選舉兩周后上架。插圖由獲獎(jiǎng)畫家洛倫•朗繪制。
據(jù)出版商介紹，這本書將講述塑造了美國的“先驅(qū)人物和理想精神”，包括開國總統(tǒng)喬治•華盛頓、職業(yè)棒球聯(lián)盟的第一位黑人運(yùn)動(dòng)員杰基•魯賓遜、以及藝術(shù)家喬治亞•奧基夫。但他拒絕透露其余十個(gè)人物。
奧巴馬已出版了《我父親的夢想》和《無畏的希望》兩本暢銷書。出版商透露，是女兒們啟發(fā)了奧巴馬寫這本書的靈感。奧巴馬有給兩個(gè)女兒，12歲的瑪利亞和9歲的薩莎。
奧巴馬于2004年和蘭登書屋簽下了三本書的出版合約，總價(jià)達(dá)190萬美元，這本書是其中之一。
該書首次印刷50萬冊，收益將捐給為美國犧牲和受傷致殘軍人所設(shè)立的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)基金。出版商為蘭登書屋旗下的阿爾弗雷德•A•克諾夫青少年讀物出版社。蘭登書屋目前為德國貝塔斯曼集團(tuán)所有。
