Laura Bush, daughter Jenna to publish children's book (about a boy who doesn't like to read)

[Kadie]

Laura Bush, daughter Jenna to publish children's book
33 minutes ago


NEW YORK (AFP) - US First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna are writing a children's book about a mischievous schoolboy, due to be published later this year, publisher HarperCollins announced Thursday.

The picture book, which is so far without a title, is set in a school and tells the story of a young boy who doesn't like to read but ends up delving into books with the help and encouragement of his teacher.

"We know that their experiences as teachers will contribute in so many ways to this project," Susan Katz, President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books, said in a statement announcing the deal.

more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/en_afp/lifestyleuspolitics_070809205353;_ylt=Aioh7VDF2mGVj2R16KwoDlwFO7gF

[Kutjara]

1. Suggested titles, anyone?

"Incurious George"
"The Little President that Couldn't"

[Rydz777]

2. Yes, a biography of her father.

[Uncle Joe]

15. How about "Big Words Suck" or

"How To Destroy Life As We Know It, Without Really Trying"?

[Kadie]

17. Those would work.

:hi:

[Selatius]

25. The adventures of Pretzel Boy with his devious friend Shotgun Dick. n/t

[Neecy]

3. hmmm....

I thought Jenna was supposed to be the sole author of this thing? Looks like her mother is probably stepping in to rescue the project, which will doubtless be written by a ghostwriter anyway...can't disrupt Jenna from her boozin'...

[kimmerspixelated]

4. How embaressingly transparent!

I'm embaressed, you're embaressed, why isn't SHE embaressed?!

[Kutjara]

6. Maybe it's her way of letting the world know...

...she thinks he's as much of an idiot as everyone else does.

Or maybe it's just her subconscious acting out.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. A boy who doesn't like to read PDBs?

[Disturbed]

7. She's trying to avoid having a job.

She is famous so now she can have others write books for her and collect money without doing much. She is a clever one, after all.

[BlooInBloo]

8. Ah. The typical American (modulo gender).

[billyoc]

9. OMFG, some Phych. Ph.D. is going to have a field day unravelling that mess

for their thesis! :rofl:

[Kadie]

18. LOL!

:rofl:

[saracat]

10. Who grows up to be Prez?

[TomInTib]

11. Well, they oughta know (first-hand experience with the idjit).

Hiding behind a book is a great way to get away.

Get away with doing a line of coke off the top of your desk, that is.

[regnaD kciN]

12. So, is Jenna going to be...

The picture book, which is so far without a title, is set in a school and tells the story of a young boy who doesn't like to read but ends up delving into books with the help and encouragement of his teacher.

...the model for the teacher? And is said teacher going to be working from the Mary Kay Letourneau lesson plan?

:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

13. Daddy, Dumbass

The coathanger chapter is a killler:)

[blondeatlast]

14. Ya can't make stuff like that up--and apparently Pickles and Jenna didn't...

Think about it a moment...

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Gee that topic has never been covered before

:sarcasm:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=tYb&q=kids+books+about+a+boy+who+doesn%27t+like+to+read&btnG=Search

9 million hits.

[AnotherGreenWorld]

19. So someone's finally doing a biography about Bush that he'll be able to read.

[Contrary1]

20. Stories with animals as main characters usually grab a child's interest...

How about "Little Lame Duck"?

[BringEmOn]

21. "Even a Boy Who Can't Read Can Grow Up To Be President of the United States"

[dflprincess]

22. Maybe Jenna's next attempt at a job will be as a scriptwriter for

"Lil' Bush". Or maybe she's already writing for them. I seem to recall an episode where Lil' George was having trouble at school because he didn't like to read.

[JitterbugPerfume]

23. maybe she should consult with Chelsea

Just sayin'

maybe some class would rub off

[GrantDem]

24. Or "How Daddy Didn't Read the PDB"

[Canuckistanian]

26. As long as it isn't a pop-up book

George might get scared by it and have the Secret Service wrestle it to the ground.

[semillama]

27. Man, the jokes just write themselves these days. n/t