Children's Non-Fiction 

So You Want to Be President?

So You Want to Be President is a Caldecott winner book appropriate for grades 2-5, ages 7-10. It is a book filled with factual information concerning each president (up until George W. Bush) with fun illustrations and comedic text young readers can relate with.  This book would be perfect to read during a history lesson to introduce the US presidents to students and help them to learn new facts in a fun way.  This is a perfect book to demonstrate Non-fiction without the usual, boring content that comes along with it. 

Are you tired of learning about the same boring facts about our US Presidents? Are you tired of reading the same textbooks and answering the same questions about the men who each made such an impact on our country? What if I told you there was a book with fun, interesting, and entertaining facts and pictures about our presidents you could read and never become bored? Well, there is! So You Want to be President by Judith St. George and David Small puts a fun, new spin on the way we learn about US presidential history. You could read about William Howard Taft getting a head of lettuce thrown at him during a speech, George Washington's love for dancing, or Theodore Roosevelt's son bringing a horse into the White House elevator!  From funny, beautiful watercolor illustrations, to witty text, and fun facts you would otherwise have never known, you will LOVE this book!

"You probably weren't born in a log cabin. That's too bad. People are crazy about log-cabin Presidents. They elected eight!"