President Barack Obama will release a children's picture book, inspired by his two daughters, that pays tribute to 13 influential¹ Americans, publisher Random² House said on Tuesday.

兰登书屋本周二宣布，美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马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名杰出美国人致敬。

In this book cover image released by Random House Children's Books, 'Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters,' by Barack Obama, is shown.

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 illustrated³（加插图） 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 Audacity⁴（大胆，厚颜无耻） 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.

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.