#4 Caldecott Book

So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George

This book is absolutely fantastic!!! It’s fantastic because it is so chocked full of facts about our presidents…some meaningful and important, some just fun to know! The illustrations really add to the text and are so enjoyable on their own.

We are planning a big trip this summer and one of our destinations includes Washington, D.C. This book is especially helpful, because I want my children to know some facts about our former presidents and the white house. We have this book in our collection at home, and I have always enjoyed it and enjoyed reading it to my children, but I think that due to our pending trip this book has taken on new significance to me. I also thing that it is pertinent that our students learn some history, and what better way to learn it than to make it fun and entertaining!

I can compare this book to, So You Want to be an Inventor. The style the author presents information is similar to So You Want to Be President, with a lighthearted, whimsical presentation of facts of famous inventors. Again, the illustrations only add to the book!

I don’t think I learned anything new, this book just reinforced previous knowledge: that concepts need to be presented in a fun way for our students to really benefit from them! We enjoy when Professional Development opportunities are fun and engaging, well so do students! When a lesson or concept is presented in a fun way that engages them, what better way to catch their attention and get some learning in too…which Judith St. George does a wonderful job doing!