(Headline USA) Although her parents may be some of the most notorious fabulists in modern American history, Chelsea Clinton announced plans to focus her energies on nonfiction books for children.
Sadly, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nearly had her happy news derailed by the scandal engulfing her mother’s seditious campaign espionage.
During an appearance with Chelsea this week, a disheveled and haggard-looking Hillary was forced to dodge questions about the explosive new court filing by Special Counsel John Durham that she hired a cybersecurity firm to spy on political rival Donald Trump and then sought to peddle the information to corrupt intelligence agencies during and after the 2016 presidential election.
Wisely, Chelsea, who turns 42 next week, has chosen thus far to avoid politics, preferring a life of luxurious ease to the angry jeers of “Lock her up” that her mother routinely faces in public appearances.
The Penguin Young Readers imprint Philomel Books announced Friday that Chelsea has a new picture story, Welcome to the Big Kids Club: What Every Older Sibling Needs to Know!, coming Sept. 13. The book is illustrated by Tania de Regil.
At the same time, she will launch and provide introductions for a nonfiction chapter book series for kids ages 6-9, Save The …, about animal conservation.
“’Welcome to the Big Kids Club’ is a reflection of conversations I’ve had with my kids and so many other kids about what it means to have a baby in the family,” Clinton, the mother of three, said in a statement.
“I couldn’t be more excited about this book and the newest ‘Save The’ series,” she continued. “My hope is that young readers and their families will enjoy and learn as much from the books in this series as I have, whether about whale sharks, frogs or more animals that could disappear if we don’t all work together to save them.”
The ‘Save The’ series will begin in September with three books: Sarah L. Thompson’s Save the … Elephants, Christine Taylor–Butler’s Save the … Tigers and Anita Sanchez’s Save the … Whale Sharks.
Clinton has previously written such bestsellers as She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World and She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History.
She has a picture book coming out March 1, She Persisted in Science: Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference, with illustrations by Alexandra Bolger.
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press