Fresh from successfully parting the Red Sea in a recent John McCain television ad, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama will take another step closer to immortality in a picture book due out later this month.

The book, “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,” will hit bookstores August 26-just in time for the start of kindergarten-and emphasizes the role faith has played in the Illinois senator’s life.

In a column in Saturday’s Boston Globe, Alex Beam offers a glimpse at what awaits readers:

“One Sunday when Barack was sitting in church,

Barack heard God say, ‘Slow down,

Look around you.

Now look to me.

There is hope enough here

To last a lifetime.'”

If the accompanying teaching guide is any indication, the new release will do little to tarnish Obama allegedly “Messianic” image. One question asks: “When Barack was a young man, he saw a beggar and wanted to help him. Have you ever seen anything that makes you want to help? Can kids do anything to make a difference?”

Not to be outdone, “My Dad, John McCain,” written by the candidate’s blogging daughter, Meghan, will be released Sept. 2.