Washington:
The Bidens’ dogs grabbed headlines with their dangerous habits, however “First Feline” Willow is getting a e book all to herself.
First Lady Jill Biden has written a kids’s story concerning the short-haired tabby’s journey from a farm in Pennsylvania to the White House in 2022.
With a June publication date, “Willow the White House Cat” will come out 4 months earlier than President Joe Biden faces a bitter political catfight for reelection with Donald Trump.
“As Willow bounds from room to room, exploring historical past in her new home, she learns rapidly about the entire unimaginable individuals who make the ‘People’s House’ run,” Jill Biden stated in a press release via writer Simon and Schuster.
“Making many new pals alongside the way in which, Willow’s journey provides the world a ‘cats-eye’ view of all of the ins and outs of America’s most well-known handle.”
Willow is the final remaining presidential pet on the White House after two of the Bidens’ dogs had been eliminated following a collection of biting incidents.
Commander, a German Shepherd who arrived as a pup in 2021, was despatched to dwell elsewhere after he bit a number of Secret Service brokers. Another canine of the identical breed, Major, went to dwell with household pals after related biting incidents.
The Bidens’ beloved canine Champ died in 2021 on the age of 13.
Meanwhile, Willow herself has political chops. Like Jill Biden she hails from Pennsylvania, which might be a key battleground state in November’s election. She is called after the First Lady’s hometown, Willow Grove.
Jill Biden, 72, co-wrote the e book with writer Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by artist Kate Berube, the publishers stated.
The White House has an extended historical past of presidential pets — even when cats are a relative rarity — and numerous them had literary journeys.
First Ladies Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush each wrote books about their pets.
Trump, who’s aiming for a sensational White House comeback, was the primary president since Andrew Jackson within the 1830s to not have pets.
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