奥巴马著儿童读物11月发售

爱思英语编者按：据路透社报道，美国总统贝拉克•奥巴马即将出版一本受两个女儿启发撰写的儿童图画书，并在其中向13位杰出的美国人致敬。这本名为《赞美你：致我女儿们的一封信》的读物是奥巴马总统2009年1月就职前所写，定于11月16日，恰逢国会中期选举两周后上架。插图由获奖画家洛伦•朗绘制。

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.更多信息请访问：http://www.engbus.cn/

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.