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When Penny Met POTUS

Rachel Ruiz - Picture Window Books
Format: Print book

From debut author Rachel Ruiz, When Penny Met POTUS is a unique and clever picture book about a young girl whose mother works for the president of the United States. Penny has heard the term POTUS over and over but doesn't know what it means - and her imagination runs wild! When she spends...
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President Pennybaker

Kate Feiffer - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

What if a boy ran for president and won? Being a kid isn't easy, just ask Luke Pennybaker. Chores, school, homework, and more chores. Who needs it? Sent to his room for a time-out, Luke devises a plan to run for president and make like fair for kids once and for all. As "Pennies...
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Grace for President

Kelly DiPucchio - Disney/Hyperion Books
Format: Hardcover

"Where are the girls? " When Grace's teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first. And she immediately starts off her political career as a candidate the school's mock election Author Kelly DiPucchio not only gives readers...
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So You Want to Be President?

Judith St George - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

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. There are now three Georges in the catalog of presidential names, a Bush alongside...
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If I Ran for President

Catherine Stier - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

If you ran for president, you would have to do a lot of hard work. You would study the nation's problems, tell the American people about your platform, select a running mate, and debate your opponents on live television.
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Duck for President (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))

Doreen Cronin - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

My fellow Americans: It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land. Some say, if he walks like a duck...
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President Squid

Aaron Reynolds - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Join Aaron Reynolds and Sara Varon as they explore the ideal qualities of leaders, diplomats...and giant squid. Squid knows all about being president. It means living in a big house, doing all the talking - oh, and having a tie is crucial. He's all set! In the next election, make a more...
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Abe Lincoln's Dream

Lane Smith - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of It's a Book comes a funny, touching tale about the legacy of America's greatest president. When a schoolgirl gets separated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself....
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What Presidents Are Made Of

Hanoch Piven - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

PRESIDENTS are made of BIG EATERS...and so much more! You get a portrait of former U. S. president Jimmy Carter, who builds houses for the homeless. See the presidents as never before -- made out of objects! Using everything from blue jeans to boxing gloves, Hanoch Piven "builds"...
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Mr. President Goes to School

Rick Walton - Peachtree Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Everyone has bad days. Even the President. So when his day starts off badly, Mr. President decides he is in need of a time-out from running the country. Disguising himself, he sneaks out of the White House, hurries down the street to the local school and enrolls in Mrs. Appletree s kindergarten...
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This Little President: A Presidential Primer

Joan Holub - Little Simon, 2016.
Format: Print book

Learn all about the US presidents with this fun and colorful board book perfect for leaders-in-training!Leading our country. Helping you and me. Keeping all fifty states safe, happy, and free. Little presidents have a great big job. Now even the youngest patriots can learn about America's...
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