I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

She later became a "liaison officer between the museum staff and outside producers and directors shooting footage at the museum" helping coordinate the Sesame Street special Don't Eat the Pictures. Although Kennedy is often incorrectly referred to as "Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg" Caroline Kennedy did not change her name when Caroline Kennedy married. She has also acted as a spokesperson for her family's legacy and co-authored two books on civil liberties with Ellen Alderman.

At the time of her father's presidency Caroline Kennedy was a young child; after his assassination in 1963 her family settled in the Upper East Side of Manhattan where Caroline Kennedy attended school. D.