Gordon Brown’s writes children’s book for charity
August 12, 2008
British Prime minister Gordon Brown turns nostalgic while writing a children’s book for charity.
In the book ‘When I was 10,’ Brown revealed that the historic and sporting stories close to his heart. The Telegraph quoted him as saying: “Like most boys of that age, I hadn’t traveled much and didn’t know much either. From my bedroom, or lying on the hearthrug in front of the fire, I went off my travels again and again.”
Brown revealed that he was admirer and was a huge fan of polar explorer Captain Scott, who incidentally froze to death in 1912. He noted: “It was a sad story, but the name of his ship, Discovery, seemed right, and the rest of the book was full of discoveries too.”
Brown added “But what interested me most were the people and their brave people like Scott and Shackleton, sporting heroes like Stanley Mathews.” The book contains dozens of stories, each of 366 words. It was put up for sale this weak as part of the 2008 National Year of of Reading, and one pound wil go to Childline, the children’s charity.
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