So+You+Want+to+Be+President?



Author: Judith St. George and David Small Age Range: 6 - 8 years Grade Level: 1 - 3 Hardcover: 56 pages Publisher: Philomel; Rev Upd edition (August 19, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0399243178 ISBN-13: 978-0399243172 Hardcover Price: $17.99
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// So You Want to Be President? // is about the presidents of The United States and what their lives were like before and during their presidency. This book shows children that the presidents are people just like them by telling fun facts like how many pets they had, what their job was before they became president, etc. St. George also writes facts about the ups and downs the president encounters while in office.
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I really enjoyed this book and will definitely use it in my classroom. I like that the book proposes the question, “so you want to be president?” and then goes into detail about what one may encounter if he/she ever became the president. This book also gives great facts about each president that are easy to remember. St. George and Small illustrate the book in a way that makes learning about the presidents fun and exciting for young readers. The language used is also easy to read and stay focused on. //So You Want to Be President?// encourages children to learn about each president more, as well as learn about how difficult it can be being the person running the country.
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The theme of //So You Want to Be President?// expresses the pros and cons of being the president of The United States. The book gives fun facts about all the presidents and exhibits how being president can be fun at times, but it can also be serious and demanding. The Caldecott Winner allows children to think about what he/she would do, what his/her life would be like, etc. if he/she were to become president.
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Judith St. George was born in Westfield, New Jersey. She graduated from Smith College and then married her husband, David St. George. A year after getting married, Judith and her husband lived in a historical house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This house was George Washington’s headquarters during the American Revolution. Living in this house gave Judith the inspiration to write //So You Want to Be President?// Along with living in this house, Judith loves to travel and does research on each subject she wants to write about. She says she wants to live or experience the lives of the people she is going to write about to help the characters come alive in her books.
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David Smalls was born in Detroit and growing up, he was always known as “the kid who could draw good.” He received his MFA at the Yale Graduate School of Art and he taught art for many years on the college level. David’s sketches appeared regularly in The New Yorker and The New York Times. David has illustrated over 40 picture books. Each book he illustrates has about 40 pages, which equals to about 1,840 illustrations.

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