So You Want To Be President? by Judith St. George

This book by Judith St. George is a great book to introduce kids to Presidents, as well as history. Because the elections are coming up, I think this would be a great book to read to kids to share that information with them and to let them know how important being the president is. At the end of the book, there is also a list of all the presidents so far and some important details about them. This book provides great pictures by illustrator David Small and fun language for the kids to follow along with. There are funny parts to this book, but also gives the correct information about presidents. Below is a snippet of the book:

“There are good things about being President and there are bad things about being President. One of the good things is that the President lives in a big white house called the White House.

Another good thing about being President is that the President has a swimming pool, bowling alley, and a movie theatre.The President never has to take out the garbage. The President doesn’t have to eat yucky vegetables. As a boy, George H. W. Bush had to eat broccoli. When George H. W. Bush grew up, he became President. That was the end of the broccoli!

One of the bad things about being President is that the President always has to be dressed up. William McKinley wore a frock coat, vest, pin striped trousers, stiff white shirt, black satin tie, gloves, a top hat, and a red carnation in his buttonhole everyday! The President has to be polite to everyone. The President can’t go anywhere alone. The President has lots of homework.”