Hillary Clinton is heralded as a girl power icon in a new children's picture book

 

Chelsea Clinton, who is expecting her second child after giving birth to baby Charlotte in 2014, has a new book to read to her little ones at bedtime.

A children's book about their grandmother Hillary Clinton chronicles her ascent from a young girl in Illinois to a politician in Washington D.C.

Titled Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead, the book starts: 'In the 1950s, it was a man's world.

'Only boys could grow up to have powerful jobs. Only boys had no ceilings on their dreams.

'Girls weren't supposed to act smart, tough or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they may have felt that way.

'But in the town of Park Ridge, Illinois, along came Hillary.'

The opening spread of the book shows Hillary standing out as a young girl with her hands on her hips amidst a sea of different men who are illustrated in muted tones. 

Published by Balzer and Bray for readers between the ages of four and eight, the book presents Clinton as the ultimate girl-power role model.

From 'acing tests' and 'upstaging boys in class' Clinton is also shown at her wedding, presenting key speeches and working on the campaign trail.

It doesn't shy away from the details, stating people 'criticized her - in ways they'd never criticize a man' - as she stood by her husband's 1992 presidential campaign.

The book also explains that Clinton was disheartened after her health plan of 1993 was struck down by Congress.

Although the book doesn't directly state Clinton's ongoing presidential run, it ends: 'No matter what Hillary does next, if she wants to change the world, she'll find a way.'