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Vote for Me!
by
Ben Clanton
Hey, you Yes, you with the dazzling smile The donkey wants your vote. So does the elephant. And each will do just about anything to win your support. Brag? Sure Flatter? Absolutely Exaggerate, name-call, make silly promises and generally act childish? Yes, yes, yes and yes. Soon, the tension mounts, and these two quarrelsome candidates resort to slinging mud (literally) an...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
April 1st 2012
by Kids Can Press
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This book screams Elephant and Piggie to me, but this is not a Mo Willems book. The interaction between the two characters is nothing like Gerald and Piggie, so I think it's just the design of the illustrations, the dialogue as narrative, and the back and forth conversation.
In this tale, donkey and elephant do anything they can, to include insulting and picking on one another to try to convince the reader to vote in his favor. Their bad behavior even results in mud slinging (literally.) The nar...more
In this tale, donkey and elephant do anything they can, to include insulting and picking on one another to try to convince the reader to vote in his favor. Their bad behavior even results in mud slinging (literally.) The nar...more
Vote For Me written by Ben Clanton tells the story of a feuding donkey and elephant trying to persuade the reader to vote for them. This picture storybook is a good representation of the government parties in America. The donkey and elephant go back and forth bickering over who is better and why you should vote for them. Out of nowhere a clever mouse comes in to steal the show. After a name calling, spit ball flying fight, the elephant and donkey realize there hurtful words and actions will get...more
This book made me laugh so hard just from its cover, so I had high hopes it would be good. I was not disappointed. A complete tongue-in-cheek book that is perfect at this election year. Shows two candidates in an election, and what seems to happen--total childish behavior complete with mud-slinging. (I thought that hilarious.) Children may not get so much of the humor in this, but I think they can at least see that both donkey and elephant are wrong in their behavior. Maybe that will stick with...more
They're at it again, the Elephant and the Donkey, and they want your vote. As each animal tries to make a case for why you should vote for him, their arguments and word-slinging escalate to the point of hurting one another's feelings. While the book has possibilities for providing examples of propaganda techniques and helping future votes be more critical during election time, both animals were rather annoying. I'm assuming they stand for the Republican and Democratic parties, but even if they d...more
This book was a missed opportunity. My kids picked this out. I guess they liked the colors/illustrations and I do, too. The book is designed for little kids - but it's a topic that age group doesn't know much about. There were some clever bits that were totally lost on them (and lost their meaning in my explanation). I see how the author is trying to make a point about arguments/mudslinging, but it didn't quite get there. To me it seemed like he was trying hard to be Mo Willems but, again, not m...more
Grades 3-5. It's an election year, and this picture book takes a stab at politics. While having a book about party differences/banter would be a great addition to election year titles... I thought the "humor(?)" of incivility could be lost on children, if that is the audience. Still, it would be a conversation starter about the best way to run a campaign. What are the most important attributes of a candidate, what do candidates promise (realisitic?), and how do they treat other people?
Donkey and Elephant are in a voting contest. Yes, the comparisons to the presidential race will be lost on the under 10 audience. What won 't go un-noticed is the slur mongering between Donkey and Elephant. In a time when we are trying to teach kids to be kind, calling one another nincompoop or snot-sucker is bothersome. How do I read this to kids without a lesson of don't do what you hear? As an adult, the book is funny. As a librarian, I don't know.
Cute...but because I Iive in a swing state, I have had my fill of mudslinging through tv ads. I cannot even enjoy this book because it is essentially the same thing I see on tv, just much, much cuter. I appreciate the independent mouse in the end. Creative. Simple text. But I think I am just done with the topic of an election and voting. A fun book to use around election time with K-1st.
This picture-book look at the campaigning process takes young readers through a comical look at politics. The donkey and elephant represent Democrats and Republicans only superficially. They make no claims that match the party platforms at all. Instead, it is about how cute elephant is, whether you will accept candy or peanuts as a bribe for your vote, and lots of grandstanding. Soon the two are completely at odds with one another and slinging actual mud along with their bitter words. The insult...more
Much in the vein "It's a Book" by Lane Smith, this picture book is probably more entertaining to adults than children. Which is not to say that children can't enjoy it and that this is not a useful jumping-off point to explain to children about politics, but I think I found this way more humorous than any four year old would.
Children and adults will both enjoy this political campaigning book between the Elephant and the Donkey. Good way to describe how voting works and how sometimes, o.k. all the time, candidates can get down right dirty when trying to win the vote. Great conversation starter about what qualities you would want in a President.
Rather in the tradition of many of my favorite children's books, it's fun for kids and funny for the rest of us. Clever tricks: the donkey is always on the left and the elephant the right unless they "cross the line". Blue page vs red page...unless it's purple. There is a barrel labeled MUD. There is mischief with it.
The political parties in this book resort to name calling and talking over one another. The format was nice, with a dialogue being conducted with different colors for each party. I was actually a bit embarrassed to be reading with my three year old. Overall, I was thinking it might be good for teaching political symbolism.
If you think mud slinging political campaigns are just fine and dandy, then you won't like this book. I can see from previously posted reviews that some people are getting offended by it, but I think this book offers a fun intro to politics for kids. Don't take it too seriously, folks.
this book was ok and may play well to an older audience of children. The characters, donkey and elephant, really go at each other with the name calling and literally slinging mud. I felt the fighting was overly highlighted while the making up and apologizing could have used more focus.
Very similar to the feel of the Piggy and Gerald books, my children loved it. I had hoped it would teach more about the electoral process as we read it in the days before the election this year. It did not really, but it is a cute and enjoyable read-aloud. Preschool-K-1
Not my favorite among the many excellent picture books related to politics, but it does aptly portray in a general way what audiences of any age are experiencing on media of every sort. oils be used to open discussions of the role of elections in a democracy with older readers.
Humorous book about presidential elections. Clanton uses a variety of techniques to get the story and message across. I enjoyed it and found it clever at times, but believe it is appropriate for older children; many aspects of the book may go over young children's heads.
I used this as part of a lesson for reinforce the use of persuasive techniques in political advertisements. I read it aloud to my 8th graders, who loved it. I haven't had the opportunity to read to them very much since they were little, but I think I should use that strategy more often!
Obvious tie-ins with an election year to include the color of the speech bubbles attached to each of the characters. I think the insults in the book get in the way for me to make a recommendation of this title to younger readers. It's just not subtle enough. . .
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Well drawn, clearly influenced by Mo Willems, lots of fodder for discussion with children (political parties; etiquette and other forms of behavior; pandering; colloquial expressions) all with a lot of humor and not a hint of didacticism.
This book will teach children nothing about politics or voting. It will only teach them about name-calling and mud throwing--literally. Adults may get a little more out of it--maybe. I don't recommend it for children or adults.
A satire of American politics finds a donkey and an elephant resorting to just about anything to garner votes, and after all the mud-slinging is done and the votes are tallied, they are both quite surprised by the results.
Parents will appreciate the political humor even more than the kids will. The portrayals of the two candidates is accurate, and the winner of the election will surprise you.. or maybe it won't. Loved it!
The illustrations are cute and so is the depiction of the politicians. I especially liked the mud-slinging. It is interesting that this is the way we have to illustrate our politics to children.
Hilarious book that really should be read by ALL politicians. Review coming soon on my blog :)
Edit: Wrote about the book for Tuesday Tales on July 3, 2012 http://www.theangelforever.com/2012/0...
Edit: Wrote about the book for Tuesday Tales on July 3, 2012 http://www.theangelforever.com/2012/0...
This adds nothing to what kids already know about politics from the commercials. Why not engage kids in serious conversation, like with Janet Wong's book, DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE.
Don't know who the audience is for this, but it's not me or kids I share literature with. It seems to be just a chance for irreverent language, without political commentary.
The political commentary in this book will not engage young readers. Like Mary Lee Hahn, I suggest Declaration of Interdependence instead, which sparks interest and discussion.
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May 26, 2012 08:13pm