President Obama's children's book already a hit

[cal04]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iuKkfStp4qkvNtGOZMLtTfwrOnIQD9I8GV0O0

President Obama is still a hit with the nation's book buyers.

Obama's tribute to 13 American ground breakers, "Of Thee I Sing," was in the top 25 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com as of Wednesday morning, less than two days after the children's book was announced and two months before its scheduled release. Random House Children's Books plans a first printing of 500,000 copies.

Both of Obama's previous works, the memoir "Dreams From My Father" and the policy book "The Audacity of Hope," are million sellers.

Obama, who finished "Of Thee I Sing" before his administration began, is the rare president to have a book come out while still in office. He will be an even rarer one if "Of Thee I Sing" is a best seller. Presidents from Ulysses S. Grant to John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton have written popular books, but none came out while they were in the White House. Clinton's policy book, "Between Hope and History," was released near the end of his first term and sold a fraction of the memoir "My Life," published three years after his second term.

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"If you read the book, it is, I think the president would tell you, an inspirational book about the country they live in and about their ability and the ability for children throughout this country to dream, as the president talked about yesterday (during a back-to-school address to students), to dream big and accomplish whatever they want to," Gibbs said.

[AtomicKitten]

1. It will make a nice Xmas gift too!

[babylonsister]

2. He wrote the book BEFORE his presidency began? That

will disappoint a lot of people who've slammed him for having too much time on his hands. :eyes:

[JuniperLea]

4. I expect that little factoid to get lost in the shuffle...

Many, many times... it can't be true unless Beck, Palin, or Limbaugh say it, donchano.

[jkshaw]

3. I preordered books for my younger grandchildren

and for myself as soon as I read about it.

Can't wait to see it, love the artwork on the cover -- Sasha, Malia, and Bo!