sweetie: the jackie kennedy story

Inspiration for the book "Sweetie, Don't Eat That" came after I met a mother and daughter at a Giant grocery store.  They resembled Jackie Kennedy. I said, "Your daughter looks like Jackie Kennedy."  The girl said, "Mom, who is Jackie Kennedy?"  So I wrote a book to honor our greatest First Lady.   

   -- W. S. Thompson

The character of mom in the book "Sweetie, Don't Eat That" comes from the iconic photo of Jackie Kennedy with her daughter Caroline biting the string of pearls. I could almost hear Jackie whispering, "Sweetie, Don't eat that" to Caroline.

   -- W. S. Thompson