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So You Want to Be President

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Country
  
United States

ISBN
  
0-399-23407-1

Dewey Decimal
  
973/.099 21

Originally published
  
2000

Genre
  
Picture book

Illustrator
  
David Small

Publication date
  
2000

OCLC
  
39763889

LC Class
  
E176.1 .S699 2000

Author
  
Judith St. George

Publisher
  
Philomel Books

Awards
  
Caldecott Medal

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So you want to be president written by judith st george


So You Want to Be President? is a children's picture book written by Judith St. George and illustrated by David Small. Published in 2000, the book features a comprehensive guide to the Presidents of the United States. The book includes information about the education, family, and prior occupations of Presidents, as well as facts about their Vice Presidents. David Small won the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.

Contents

Description

The book, written by St. George and illustrated by Small, contains fifty-two pages; each page detailing jobs, benefits, lifestyles, and the personalities of forty-two American presidents. Each president is illustrated as a caricature and is shown taking part in different comical scenarios. The book has been published in braille, illustrated text, and audiobook.

Synopsis

The book details the lives, history, and personalities about past Presidents of the United States, followed by information about the different backgrounds some Presidents have shared. Each page describes facts about some Presidents including military backgrounds, former job positions, other offices held, hobbies, lifestyles, and popularity. It also mentions some of the more notable accomplishments of former Presidents including The Louisiana Purchase, soup kitchens, job creations, and the creation of the Peace Corps. The book ends with a change of tone and an illustration of a silhouette of an unidentified president who is taking the Oath of office, complemented by a crowd of hands waving miniature American Flags.

Critical reception

So You Want to Be President? was highly praised by critics. Publishers Weekly called it "clever" and "engrossing". Kirkus Reviews said that St. George "offers a pleasingly diverse slate of facts and figures". The New York Times praised it for being "easy enough to read" for younger children and claims "its rich anecdotes provoke questions,answers,definitions, recollections and more anecdotes." Goodreads also praised Small's illustrations as "hilarious".

Awards

  • Caldecott Medal (2001)
  • References

    So You Want to Be President? Wikipedia