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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are giving their writing hands — and green thumbs — a workout, penning their first children's book together about gardening. The pair revealed details of their forthcoming book, "Grandma's Gardens," on Monday. The picture book is inspired by the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee's mother, Dorothy Rodham, and her love of gardening. Rodham, the book's publisher says, taught the Clintons that gardens are "magical places to learn, exciting spaces for discovery, quiet spots to spend time with family and beautiful areas to share stories and celebrate special occasions." SNIP

The Atlantic Theater Company's Atlantic for Kids division on Wednesday announced that She Persisted — the musical adaptation of Chelsea Clinton's children's book She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World — will debut in New York next year. Performances will begin Feb. 22 at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater in Manhattan. She Persisted centers on a fourth-grader named Naomi, whose field trip to a Women’s History Museum turns into a time-travel adventure where she encounters inspirational women who have overcome barriers and made waves throughout U.S. history. The musical features the stories of female trailblazers such as Harriet Tubman,...

Chelsea Clinton working on book about endangered animals By Associated Press Published: 13:41 EST, 17 December 2018 | Updated: 14:02 EST, 17 December 2018 NEW YORK (AP) - Chelsea Clinton's career as a children's author continues with a picture book about endangered animals. Penguin Young Readers announced Monday that the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton is collaborating with illustrator Gianna Marino on "Don't Let Them Disappear." Scheduled for April 2, the book will celebrate whales, tigers and other animals and provide advice on how to help preserve them. Clinton said in a statement that she wanted to help young...

Chelsea Clinton has locked down her next book. The best-selling children’s author has reteamed with Penguin Young Readers to publish Start Now! You Can Make a Difference this fall, EW can exclusively announce. The book —featuring facts, stories, and tips on how to change the world — will be aimed at readers ages 7-10 years old. Clinton will use her platform to break down issues relating to health, hunger, climate change, endangered species, and bullying for young readers to understand, and see how they can make a difference in their own lives, as well as in their communities and the...

On Monday, March 12, Friends’ Central hosted Chelsea Clinton, author, daughter of former president Bill Clinton and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and Vice Chair of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, at the Lower School campus. Clinton spoke to students in Kindergarten through grade 5 about her latest book She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History which introduces young readers to a group of 13 incredible women who have shaped history, both nationally and around the globe. Clinton is also the author of two additional books: It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get...

Over 800 people turned out Wednesday night for a book signing by Chelsea Clinton at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. Clinton signed copies of her children’s book sequel, “She Persisted Around the World,” a follow up to her original #1 New York Times best-selling picture book, “She Persisted.” Its publishers say that “She Persisted Around the World” is a book for everyone who has ever aimed high and been told to step down, for everyone who has ever raised their voice and been told to quiet down, and for everyone who has ever felt small, unimportant or unworthy.

(snip)Thursday evening, 200 fans lucky enough to have secured tickets filled the second floor of An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe to hear the former first daughter read her book and ask questions. Another 900 people waited patiently for the end of the program to have their copies signed.(snip) Throughout the evening, Clinton reiterated the book's theme. "Persistence is needed for girls who have aimed high and been told to step down, who have raised their voices and been told to quiet down and those who have been told to have smaller dreams," she said. On a personal note, Clinton...

(full article title: EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Clinton demands court toss the $150,000 lawsuit by writer who claimed she ripped off his idea for her best selling feminist children's book 'She Persisted') Chelsea Clinton asked a judge on Monday to throw out a $150,000 lawsuit against her children's book after a writer claimed that she ripped off his idea, according to court papers obtained exclusively by DailyMailTV. While the mother-of-two has been enjoying the 17-week reign of her feminist book 'She Persisted' on the New York Times best sellers list, she has been battling a lawsuit over the copyright of the work...

Chelsea Clinton ripped off an upstate author when she published her best-selling feminist kids book, “She Persisted,” a federal lawsuit claims. Christopher Janes Kimberley, 56, of Albany, is suing the former first daughter and Penguin Random House for copyright infringement, seeking up to $150,000, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Southern District of New York court. “I did months of painstaking research on my book. Her version looks like a ninth-grade homework assignment,” he vented to The Post. “I am in disbelief.”

(snip)There’s a girl-power movement in the picture-book world(snip) The little girls (and boys) reading these books are being primed for action rather than lulled to sleep. They are curious. They are inquisitive. They are not shy. They are, in a word, woke. And they want to talk about Hillary Clinton —(snip) Simcha Jacobs, 6, of Honolulu — said she was excited about the event “because I might see Hillary!” “Maybe she’ll make a surprise appearance,” the girl’s mother said hopefully. She did not. But Simcha was not alone in wanting to talk about Hillary and the current state of affairs...

Chelsea Clinton has written a children's picture book, with a headline inspired by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., about important women through history who overcame adversity. The book by the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will feature the titled "She Persisted." [Snip] The book, which will be on sale May 30, will dive into the history of 13 women, including Harriet Tubman, Sally Ride, Oprah Winfrey and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. [Snip] "The 13 women in 'She Persisted' all overcame adversity to help shape our country - sometimes through speaking out, sometimes...

Count Chelsea Clinton among the many people whom Elizabeth Warren inspired when she refused to be silenced in the Senate. Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, is writing a new children’s picture book showcasing inspirational women in American history, EW can exclusively announce. The book is titled She Persisted — a callback to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s defense after the Senate silenced Warren.

Last week a new book was published co-written by Chelsea Clinton and entitled Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why? Almost no one is buying the Clinton title, co-authored by Devi Sridhar, a Global Public Health Professor at the University of Edinburgh. It currently stands at No. 74,374 on the Amazon Bestsellers Chart.

It must be tough being the child of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Conservative activist Robert Morrow attended Chelsea Clinton’s book signing in Austin, Texas Friday with camera in hand. “Has your mother ever told you that you’re the daughter of Webb Hubbell, and not Bill Clinton,” he said while Chelsea was looking down, signing a copy of “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going.” The question was in reference to a long-time rumor alleging Chelsea was the result of an affair between the Clinton lawyer and Hillary. Looking up, smiling, Chelsea responded, “I am so proud to...

Chelsea Clinton was confronted at a book signing with a question about her father’s alleged marital infidelity. Appearing at an Austin, Texas book signing Friday to promote her children’s book “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going,” Clinton was caught off guard by camera-toting conservative activist Robert Morrow. “I am so proud to be my parents’ daughter,” Clinton said after Morrow asked about longstanding but unconfirmed rumors that Chelsea was the offspring of an affair between her mother and her mother’s onetime law partner Webster Hubbell. Morrow then asked whether Clinton’s father targets young girls for sex....

A non-profit that distributes e-readers in poor countries is touting the possibly world-changing effect it will achieve by distributing a new book written by Chelsea Clinton. Worldreader, founded in 2010 by a former Amazon executive, has an admirable goal. Noting that poor children in Africa and Asia have few or no books to read, the organization distributes e-readers in developing countries, in the hopes that it will improve literacy and education. While the organization’s e-readers contain thousands of books in over three dozen languages, the organization is acting particularly proud that its e-readers will now have the new book “It’s...

Chelsea Clinton will publish her first book this fall, joining her parents as a nonfiction author whose name-brand appeal the struggling publishing industry presumably hopes will translate into built-in sales. Her book, “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired and Get Going,” is aimed at readers ages 10 to 14, said Penguin Random House, which plans to publish it in September. In a press release, Ms. Clinton said she intended to use the book to “try to explain what I think are some of the biggest challenges facing our world today, particularly for young people” and to “explore some of...