Winner of Season One's The Apprentice, Bill Rancic Signs Deal to Write Book  5/12/05

Winner of Season One's The Apprentice, Bill Rancic Signs Deal to Write Children's Book on Success in Business

NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Rancic, winner of the first season of NBC's popular reality program The Apprentice, will write a children's book titled Beyond the Lemonade Stand: Starting Small to Make It Big to be published by Razorbill. Bill Rancic currently is working on the construction of the Trump Tower in Chicago, the project he earned from winning The Apprentice.

Eloise Flood, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group said Beyond the Lemonade Stand is an advice book for children ages 8-12 who are looking to get ahead. It will offer guidelines on how to be successful, ethical, and profitable in business, and will be published September 8, 2005.

The book will contain anecdotes from business leaders, Apprentice cast members, and business-savvy kids who all lend guidance to business-minded children already thinking of how to make money. Bill Rancic is donating all of his royalties to children's charities, including Mercy Home for Boys in Chicago, where he volunteers as a tutor for underprivileged children.

Bill Rancic knows a few things about business. He paid his college tuition from the profits he earned from his own boat washing and waxing business. In 1998, Rancic founded cigarsaroundtheworld.com, which is a thriving multi-million dollar national operation which he still manages.

"Middle graders are extremely interested in learning how to make money and with Rancic's knowledge and celebrity appeal, he is a great role model to children looking for the formula to success in business," said Eloise Flood.

Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the U.S. member of the internationally renowned Penguin Group. Penguin Group (USA) is one of the leading U.S. adult and children's trade book publishers, owning a wide range of imprints and trademarks, including Berkley Books, Dutton, Frederick Warne, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Grosset & Dunlap, New American Library, Penguin, Philomel, Riverhead Books and Viking, among others. The Penguin Group is part of Pearson plc, the international media company. SOURCE Penguin Young Readers Group

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