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A review by kitsuneheart
So You Want to Be President?: The Revised and Updated Edition by Judith St George
5.0
I was expecting something like Schoolhouse Rock, but...well, boring. But I was really impressed with this book, and particularly the art style. This book won the Caldecott Medal (award for picture book art) for the use of...pretty much political cartoon caricatures. The presidents are given big heads with humorously pronounced features, as well as overdone expressions. It really looks like some should be copy-pasted into a satire piece, but it's all done in good, bipartisan fun.
Little factoids are given about the presidents, from Taft and his bathtub to Coolidge and his stunning (if brief) wit, and even to more serious topics, like impeachment proceedings, assassinations, and wars. Serious facts are balanced with the funny, creating a book that I blasted through in a short time, and wished I could read again (but, sadly, the book was already overdue...).
This is an ideal read for the coming months as your kids--in home or in the classroom--begin to really hear about the coming Presidential elections. And, of course, it's a great tie-in for them to do reports on individual presidents, themselves. Perhaps hold a contest for finding the most interesting Presidential facts?
Little factoids are given about the presidents, from Taft and his bathtub to Coolidge and his stunning (if brief) wit, and even to more serious topics, like impeachment proceedings, assassinations, and wars. Serious facts are balanced with the funny, creating a book that I blasted through in a short time, and wished I could read again (but, sadly, the book was already overdue...).
This is an ideal read for the coming months as your kids--in home or in the classroom--begin to really hear about the coming Presidential elections. And, of course, it's a great tie-in for them to do reports on individual presidents, themselves. Perhaps hold a contest for finding the most interesting Presidential facts?