Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern is releasing a children’s book titled: Mum’s Busy Work retelling her time as being both a mother and a Prime Minister at the same time.
“Sometimes procrastination can be productive! At least in this case, because that’s how I came to write Mum’s Busy Work, a children’s book told through the eyes of a child, and based on things my daughter said to me while I was PM,” Ardern told her Instagram followers in a video on Thursday morning.
The book was written by Jacinda Ardern and was illustrated by Kiwi artist Ruby Jones, the story will be released on September 30th and will be priced at $30.
“For every book sold in New Zealand, I’ll be making a $3 donation to the Kindness Collective,” Ardern said. “But for now, here’s a sneak peak of the cover, and a story that I hope captures the love parents have for their children, no matter what else they have going on in life.”
The book has been described as “an inspiring and heartwarming book about the relationship between a working mum and her daughter by the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern”.
This will be the second book the former Prime Minister will be releasing this year with her memoir A Different Kind of Power expected to be released in June.
Ardern signed a book detail with Penguin back in 2023, although she has not discussed the financial terms of the deal it is rumoured to be worth more than $1 million.
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