BOOKS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS

It is our goal to feature many presidents as we find good biographies and have time to review them for you. Right now we have only

George Washington / John and Abigail Adams

Thomas Jefferson / James Madison

Abraham Lincoln / Theodore Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower / John F. Kennedy / Jimmy Carter / Ronald Reagan

George H.W. and Barbara Bush / George W. Bush

The following books offer information about the presidency, elections, or more than one president.
Additional books on electing the president can be found on the Civics page.

All About the Presidents Search a Word Puzzles, by Frank D'Agostino, paper. A Dover Game and Puzzle Activity book. 64 pages, includes answers. $1.00-B

Cornerstones of Freedom: Presidential Elections
This 32-page book is aimed at children 8-11 and describes the election process, its constitutional origins, and American Presidential election history from the beginning until the present. Contains glossary, index, timeline, and illustrations. 4.45-D

Elections: Presidents, Campaigns, Government, by Amanda Bennett
Intended as a unit study resource for home school parents, this book presents information with an outline as the skeleton that is filled in with reading and reference lists. There are also spelling and vocabulary lists related to the subjects, writing, activity and field trip ideas, and much more. This book will be useful to teachers of any grade level or combined levels. 12.59-D

Electing a President: All About Presidents and the Presidency, by Barbara T. Doherty and Charlotte Jaffe. Published by Educational Impressions. For grades 4 -8. This book begins with information and activities covering presidential qualifications, terms of office, political parties, the campaign process, the electoral college, the Inauguration and the separation of powers. This is followed by a series of pages profiling  each of our presidents -- on each page. The next section is full of critical and creative thinking activities. In the next section, students select a presidential candidate from among living and dead public figures who meet presidential qualifications and go through the process of "getting him elected." The last section gives students the fun of writing and performing a "presidential play." 112 reproducible pages. Cat. # EI-0688. $10.76-D

Hail to the Chief: The American Presidency by Don Robb. Charlesbridge Press, 2000. Illustrated by Alan Witschonke. 32 pages. This beautifully illustrated picture book traced the history of the presidency for younger children, and provides a nice review for older children.  It explains what presidents do, from leading the nation to leading their political parties. It also shows how the actions and decisions of one president can set the stage for those who follow. The book focuses on presidents whose decisions set precedents or made changes in the direction of the country: (Lincoln ending slavery, F.D. Roosevelt proposing laws to Congress to bring some relief to those hard hit by the Depression, Eisenhower using federal troops to enforce school desegregation, Jefferson's decision to buy land (Louisiana Purchase_ from the French, and more.

The book has facts about every president up through Bill Clinton, and a chart at the back with names, dates of terms, political party, birth and death dates, and home states. The author also discusses the political process of how presidents are elected, what happens if they die in office, and how they can be removed from office.  BTH-4810. $7.19-D. One slightly damaged one is on sale here. BTH-4811.

The Lincoln Code: A Cross-Curricular Look into the Lives of U.S. Presidents for Grades 3-4 by Bonnie J. Krueger. Lorenz, 2009. This  imaginative cross-curricular resource is the perfect way to reinforce basic grammar skills as well as introduce the study of United States presidents to your class. A short biography is included for each featured president that contains secret, embedded information. Students must study the biography and and use deductive reasoning to crack the code to answer a set of worksheet questions. It is within these hidden codes that students will practice punctuation, spelling, parts of speech, and a variety of other valuable language arts skills. 64 pages. BTH-5539. $8.96-D

• Mr. President: A Book of U.S. Presidents by George Sullivan. Scholastic, trade paper, 175 pages. This digest size  book opens with information on how a President runs for office and gets elected. This includes information on the Electoral College. You will also learn what a President actually does when he takes office and serves his term. This introductory information is followed a section that includes a few pages on every U.S. President from George Washington to George W. Bush. These pages for each President include important facts about his life and a list of important events during his term. There is also a photograph of the President and perhaps another of someone or some event connected with that President's term. Fifth grade reading level.
  Schol-5669. $4.49-D

Our Presidents: Their Lives and Stories. Published by Ideals.Each president gets two pages with his picture and maybe another related picture of his home or family or major event. Covers from Washington to Clinton. Workbook size. 80 pages, paper. $8.95-D

Presidents by Frank Schaffer editors. part of the Skills for Scholars Series. Frank Schaffer, 2009. This reproducible workbook for fourth graders has activities that cover every US president through Barack Obama, important events from each presidency, election slogans and quotations, and presidential programs. 80 pages. BTH-5304. $5.39-D

Presidents of the United States of America: Portraits and Biographies
This 88-page book features a short one-page biography of each president and a full-page black and white portrait. The print is small, so this book is best as a reference for those who are junior high age and older. 2.99*.

The President: America's Leader
This 48-page book for elementary students of at least third grade is illustrated with both photos and drawings. It covers the powers of the president; presidents who have changed the office; how the president works with Congress; and the difference between popular and electoral votes. Contains glossary, index, and bibliography. 5.35-D

The President Has Been Shot! True Stories of the Attacks on Ten U. S. Presidents by Rebecca Jones. Troll, trade paper, 134 pages. Light damage to cover may be present. Presidents covered are Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Contains index and list of reading suggestions for those who want to learn more. For ages 8 and up. List price, 7.99. Bargain price is just $2.93-B

Short Plays for Building Fluency: Famous Americans by multiple authors. Scholastic, 2008. Formerly published as Famous Americans, 22 Short Plays for the Classroom. Help build students' reading fluency and build awareness of important people in U.S. history through fact-based, original plays about 22 famous Americans. These read-aloud biographical plays provide kids with the repeated practice they need to read with speed, automaticity, and expression-the key elements of fluency. Background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links round out this versatile resource. Subjects of plays include Christopher Columbus, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Phillis Wheatley, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, John Muir, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, Susan Picotte, Nellie Bly, The Wright Brothers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Langston Hughes, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr, Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, and Neil Armstrong. For grades 4-8. BTH-4661. $17.99-D

Songs That Teach: U.S. Presidents, Sing the Songs of the U.S. Presidents and learn all the presidents from George Washington to Clinton. Fully orchestrated cassette with the Presidents Song and 4 verses of "America." Also contains a lyric sheet, five "sing-along-and-color" placemats picturing the presidents, the the educational Presidential Rummy game from the Smithsonian Institution. For ages 6 and up. $17.95-D.

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