If you're going to write a ra-ra book about America and its soldiers, there's one thing you might want to make sure you do:

Get it printed in the good ol' U.S. of A.

Kim Simac, a Republican running against Democratic Sen. Jim Holperin in a recall election, wrote a children's book called "American Soldier Proud and Free" in 2007. She refers to the 32-page book - in which a kid details his love of God and country in an extended poem - occasionally on the campaign trail.

"I want to be like my Grandpa and his buddies from the war . . . because I believe America is something worth fighting for," says the narrator in Simac's book. It is dedicated to "God my Father. Who has always been with me, giving me so many wonderful gifts. The greatest of all is being born an American."

Lower down on the same page, however, the self-published book indicates it was "printed in China." The same is true of her second book, "Girls Play Hockey Too!"

Simac could not be reached for comment, but her spokesman, Matthew Capristo, put the blame on the print manager, RR Donnelley & Sons in Menasha.

"Kim doesn't remember saying anything about it," Capristo said, regarding where her books should be printed. "It was just kind of like she handed it off to a printer in-state she knew."

Officials with RR Donnelley in Menasha did not return calls. Neither did a spokesman at the firm's Chicago headquarters.