The 2001 Caldecott Award Winning book was So You Want to be President? by Judith St. George. This book is very informative and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and learning about past Presidents. Even though this is a picture book, I think it can be enjoyed by all ages because it does provide useful, accurate information.
I do not consider myself a history buff in the least so I found most of the information in this book to be new to me. While I did know that James is the most common name for a President, I did not know that there were 6 of them! Nor did I know that two Presidents were orphans or that the white house has a bowling alley.
If my teacher had read this to me when I was in grade school, I would have really enjoyed it and I would have learned a few things. Some of my third grade students really liked this book last year and I was extremely happy that they were so interested in the topic of U.S. Presidents because I know that this information will only be a building block to future knowledge that will be very useful.
The illustrations in this book are especially captivating. I spent a lot of time looking at each picture to capture all of the detail and I loved trying to figure out who was pictured in each illustration. I have a feeling that adults might enjoy the pictures more than children because we are able to identify different cartoon-like drawings of Presidents, but even if you did not know who was pictured they are still eye-catching and interesting.
I do not consider myself a history buff in the least so I found most of the information in this book to be new to me. While I did know that James is the most common name for a President, I did not know that there were 6 of them! Nor did I know that two Presidents were orphans or that the white house has a bowling alley.
If my teacher had read this to me when I was in grade school, I would have really enjoyed it and I would have learned a few things. Some of my third grade students really liked this book last year and I was extremely happy that they were so interested in the topic of U.S. Presidents because I know that this information will only be a building block to future knowledge that will be very useful.
The illustrations in this book are especially captivating. I spent a lot of time looking at each picture to capture all of the detail and I loved trying to figure out who was pictured in each illustration. I have a feeling that adults might enjoy the pictures more than children because we are able to identify different cartoon-like drawings of Presidents, but even if you did not know who was pictured they are still eye-catching and interesting.
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