TITLE: So you want to be President?
ILLUSTRATOR: David Small
READABILITY SCORE: 6-8 years of age
GENRE: Juvenile Non-Fiction Picture Book
SUB GENRE: History
THEME: Fun historic facts about our past presidents.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CHARACTERS: Past Presidents
Publishing DATE: 2000
AWARDS: Caldecott in 2001
PUBLISHING COMPANY: Philomel BooksISBN NUMBER: 0-399-23407-1
BRIEF SUMMARY: This 52 page book gives fun and interesting facts about our past presidents. The presidents list stops at Bill Clinton so it is a little out of date. Each page tells what the a person must have in order to be president and then it tells details of our past presidents and facts about their presidency. For example; did you know that Teddy Roosevelt;s children put an pony in the elevator of the white house? At the end of the book, there is also an index of each president and a short biography of each. The book although humorous, teaches how old you must be to be president, how many presidents there have been, how many terms you can serve, the oath the presidents take, and even what has happened to past presidents that have lied.
HOW WOULD USE THIS BOOK: This would be an awesome book to use in class to teach about our presidents. When children find these facts humorous or it strikes their interest they are much more likely to retain this information, and some of it is very useful.
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