Ted Kennedy and His Dog "Splash"

No, really. He named the dog in his new children's book "Splash." (via Michelle Malkin)

Meet the latest children's author, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and his Portuguese Water Dog, Splash, his co-protagonist in "My Senator and Me: A Dogs-Eye View of Washington, D.C."

Scholastic Inc. will release the book in May.

"I am very excited about the opportunity to create a book for young readers and their families that will deepen their understanding of how our American government works," Kennedy said in a statement Monday issued by Scholastic.

According to Scholastic, Kennedy's book "not only takes readers through a full day in the Senator's life, but also explains how a bill becomes a law." Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, was inspired to write the book from his work with a Washington-based reading program, "Everybody Wins!"

A full day in the Senator's life? Is that suitable for children? Perhaps if he'd given an account of his high-seas rescue, but I can't see how drinking and swearing and misrepresenting facts, the law, and slandering Supreme Court nominees qualifies as child-friendly.

Plus he named his dog "Splash!" Unbelievable.