Having already conquered the small screen with his starring role on the HBO show "K Street," Democratic political consultant James Carville has set his sights on the world of children's publishing.

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Having already conquered the small screen with his starring role on the HBO show "K Street," Democratic political consultant James Carville has set his sights on the world of children's publishing. Next September, Ragin' Cajun--in collaboration with award-winning children's author Patricia C. McKissack and illustrator David Catrow--will publish Lu and the Swamp Ghost. It's about a little girl who befriends a "swamp ghost" on the Louisiana bayou during the Depression, only to discover the ghost is a down-on-his-luck kid covered in muck. The story is loosely...