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My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C.
Front cover illustration
AuthorTed Kennedy
IllustratorDavid Small
GenreChildren's book
PublisherScholastic Press
Publication date
May 2006
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback, Paperback
Pages56
ISBN0-439-65077-1
OCLC61859695
328.73092/9 22
LC ClassJK1025 .K46 2006

My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. is a 2006 children's book by Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy. It follows a Portuguese Water Dog named Splash as he tries to help his master, the senator, go about his daily life and pass an education bill. It also explains how a bill becomes a law, the roles of Congress and the Senate and other details of the U.S. system of government, plus biographies of Splash and Kennedy.

In real life, Splash is the name of Kennedy's dog, and the senator is really Kennedy himself. The money earned from the book will be donated to charities, including Read Boston, an organization that supports literacy in Boston public schools. In 2007, the book was made into an animated film directed by Gary McGivney, narrated by David DeVries with additional voices by Ted Kennedy, and produced by Weston Woods.