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Eleanor Barkhorn - Eleanor Barkhorn is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where she edits the Entertainment channel.
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Eleanor Barkhorn is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where she edits the Entertainment channel. She is a former producer for the Food channel. Before coming to The Atlantic, she was a reporter at the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville, Mississippi. She graduated from Princeton University, where she majored in American literature and wrote her senior thesis about Oprah's Book Club. For her first two years out of college, she taught high school English with the Teach For America program.

Can Celebrities Like Glenn Beck Write Good Children's Books?

By Eleanor Barkhorn
Oct 25 2011, 3:25 PM ET Comment

Glenn Beck's latest book comes out today. Is it a screed against big government? An ode to George Washington? A jeremiad warning Americans their country is heading toward socialism? No, for this book, the pundit breaks from form to write a children's book called The Snow Angel. It follows up on his 2009 kids' book, The Christmas Sweater, which became a best-seller.

Beck isn't the only famous person to try his hand at writing books for young readers. Here's a survey of other celebrities who've published kids' books, from Prince Charles to Terrell Owens.

For more on the famous-people-writing-kids'-books trend, see Dr. Seuss vs. Madonna: Can Celebrities Write Good Children's Books?

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