Spy Handbook for Kids

Most have probably heard of classics like Charlotte's Web, James and the Giant Peach and the whole Judy Blume library, but how about a children's how-to book on becoming a spy?

Peter Earnest, founding excutive director of the International Spy Museum and 36-year veteran of the CIA, cowrote a book with illustrator Susanne Harper called The Real Spy's Guide to Becoming a Spy for the young adult audience -- Barnes and Noble lists the target age as 8 years old -- in hopes of attracting youth to the intelligence profession.

In an interview published in The Washington Post's Express on Thursday, Earnest said he "tried to lay out clear definitions -- what does an analyst do? What does a case officer do? -- that were more than academic."

The write up also said the book is intended to "appeal to people with serious intelligence inclinations."

Whether those people are out there -- and 8 years old -- remains to be seen.