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So you want to be president? Cover Image Book

So you want to be president? / by Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small.

St. George, Judith, 1931- (author.). Small, David, 1945- (illustrator.).

Summary:

This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-two men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399243178
  • ISBN: 9780399243172
  • ISBN: 9780399251528
  • ISBN: 0399251529
  • ISBN: 9780329678821
  • ISBN: 0329678825
  • Physical Description: 52 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
  • Edition: Revised and updated edition.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The original 2000 edition of this book was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal"--Colophon.
Art techniques used: Lively caricatures in the style of political cartoon characters created in pen and ink, watercolor and pastels.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
George Washington -- John Adams -- Thomas Jefferson -- James Madison -- James Monroe -- John Quincy Adams -- Andrew Jackson -- Martin Van Buren -- William H. Harrison -- John Tyler -- James K. Polk -- Zachary Taylor -- Millard Fillmore -- Franklin Pierce -- James Buchanan -- Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson -- Ulysses S. Grant -- Rutherford B. Hayes -- James A. Garfield -- Chester A. Arthur -- Grover Cleveland -- Benjamin Harrison -- William McKinley -- Theodore Roosevelt -- William Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren G. Harding -- Calvin Coolidge -- Herbert C. Hoover -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Harry S. Truman -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard M. Nixon -- Gerald R. Ford -- James E. Carter, Jr. -- Ronald W. Reagan -- George H.W. Bush -- William J. Clinton -- George W. Bush -- Barack H. Obama.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 0.5 39885.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 0.5 39885.
Accelerated Reader AR 4.8 0.5 39885. MG.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Medal, 2001.

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Presidents > United States > Miscellanea > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Picture books.
Trivia and miscellanea.

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520 . ‡aThis new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-two men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
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