Happy Birthday Michelle Obama!

Michelle Obama is celebrating her 49th birthday today. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. Did you know that she is the great-granddaughter of a slave? Michelle Obama made history when she became the first African-American first lady of the United States. She is a hardworking wife, mother, Harvard graduate, and community volunteer who brings grace and style to a new era in the White House. We wish her a happy birthday!

To read more about this amazing woman check out our book, Celebrating First Lady Michelle Obama from our Obama Family Photo Album series. 

From her childhood in Chicago to her days in the White House, this photo-biography celebrates the events in Michelle Obama’s life during her journey into history. Kids will also enjoy some fun photos of Michelle riding a bike with her daughter and doing the hula hoop!

Happy Birthday Michelle Obama



ISBN: 978-0-7660-3652-9

 Today is Michelle Obama's 48th birthday. For young readers unfamiliar with the her life, Enslow Publishers' "The Obama Family Photo Album" provides highly readable, visually compelling books in which the First Lady plays a central role.

Among the titles in the four-book series is Celebrating Michelle Obama in Pictures. Author Jane Katirgis' AR 5.2-level text neatly dovetails with carefully chosen color photos that illuminate aspects of her character and life experience. The 32-page book inlcudes a further reading list, useful Internet addresses, and an index.

Celebrating Michelle Obama in Pictures is available in a library-bound version for $16.95. The price, representing a 25% discount from Enslow's list price, is available to institutional buyers from schools and libraries.

Join Enslow in wishing First Lady Michelle Obama a happy birthday!

Happy 50th Birthday Mr. President!



Celebrating Barack Obama in Pictures
ISBN:  978-0-7660-3651-2

     President Barack Obama will be celebrating his 50th birthday today with a toast in the Blue Room of the White House with senior members of his staff, and tonight he will be celebrating with family and friends.  A great way to join in celebrating the 44th President of the United States is with Enslow's Obama Family Photo Album Series, whose titles include:  First Lady Michelle Obama in Pictures, Celebrating President Barack Obama in Pictures, Celebrating the Inauguration of Barack Obama in Pictures, and Celebrating the Obama Family in Pictures.  All these titles, authored by Jane Katirgis feature color photos that showcase the lives of the members of the first family as well as Obama's inauguration.     
     President Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii when this American state was less than two years old!  Read more about this amazing President's life with two more Enslow titles:  Barack Obama, part of Enslow's African-American Heroes series and Barack Obama: "We Are One People", part of Enslow's African-American Biography Library.

Barack Obama:  Interest Level-Grades K-3
24 pages, $21.26
Author:  Stephen Feinstein

Barack Obama:  "We Are One People":  Interest Level-Grades 6 and up
160 pages, $31.93
Author:  Michael A. Schuman

The Obama Family Photo Album Series-Interest Level-Grades 3-4
32 pages, $22.60
Author:  Jane Katirgis

Announcing the release of "Celebrating First Lady Michelle Obama" iPhone App!

Enslow and Still Motion Media teamed up to make another iApp- “Celebrating First Lady Michelle Obama in Pictures" and The Washington Post wrote an article on it! Click here for the full article.

"The app is a children’s story that tells her life through words, pictures and audio files, like a talking wallet photo album. There’s a photo of Michelle from her college days! Tap the iPhone screen and you have the Obamas on the campaign trail! The text even offers “Fun Facts” like this: “Michelle writes her own speeches and does not read from notes.” The Michelle Obama app comes on the heels of the Barack Obama app that hit iTunes two months ago. Both were released by Still Motion Media."

To download the app, please click here. For more information on Enslow Publishers, please visit http://www.enslow.com/

Obama Family Photo Album

The Obama Family Photo Album, by author Jane Katirgis has been reviewed in School Library Journal (February 2010):

Focusing on the human-interest side of President Obama, his family, and his inauguration, these books are essentially photo-essays...

Titles in the series include:

• Celebrating First Lady Michelle Obama in Pictures, ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-3652-9
• Celebrating President Barack Obama in Pictures, ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-3651-2
• Celebrating the Inauguration of Barack Obama in Pictures, ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-3650-5
• Celebrating the Obama Family in Pictures, ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-3653-6

32-pages, full-color photographs, Enslow Publishers, Inc.

http://www.enslow.com/catalog.asp?Exact=true&SeriesID=288