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Grace for President
"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. But soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race. Her popular opponent claims to be the "best man for the job"--and seems to have ca...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
February 26th 2008
by Disney-Hyperion
(first published January 1st 2007)
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This book is about a girl named Grace who is stunned at the fact that there has never been a female President. She decides that she wants to be President and her teacher comes up with the idea to have a class election. Grace thinks that it will be a breeze to win the election until she finds out that she has an opponent, Thomas. Grace takes time to listen to the wants and needs of the students, while Thomas creates his own list of promises for the students. During lunch and after school, Grace i...more
I really enjoyed this book! It is a great book to read to a class around election times. It helps students understand what the basics of what elections are, in a simple way that they can understand, and relate to. I also think the illustrations are great. I would reccommend this book to a teacher to read to a class of 2nd or 3rd graders around election time.
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DiPucchio and Pham are game gals. Explaining the electoral system to adults isn’t easy, but they make it understandable to kid...more
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DiPucchio and Pham are game gals. Explaining the electoral system to adults isn’t easy, but they make it understandable to kid...more
We talk a lot about publishing books and films with strong female protagonists (and feminist themes) for the sake of our daughters. But how about publishing these works for the sake of our sons as well? Often portrayals of female heroes create a more masculine-than-thou figure, with the woman and/or girl out performing their male cast members in exhibiting “masculine traits” more successfully than anyone else and therefore they are a most powerful and enviable figure. The situation mimics those...more
The book starts with the question, "Where are the girls?" In other words, why are there no girls as president in the history of the USA? When the other kid running for president turned out to be a white boy, I was worried that the book would end up being about voting for someone because he or she is the "right" race or gender. But race wasn't even mentioned.
What is mentioned are the electoral votes and how the electoral college works. Some of the kids vote based on staying true to their own gen...more
What is mentioned are the electoral votes and how the electoral college works. Some of the kids vote based on staying true to their own gen...more
Grace For President by Kelly Dipucchio (Author), Leuyen Pham (Illustrator) Hyperion Book CH (February 26, 2008) Grades K-5
"'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. But soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race. Her popular opponent claims to be the "best man for the job"--and seems to have capt...more
"'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. But soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race. Her popular opponent claims to be the "best man for the job"--and seems to have capt...more
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Where are the girls? asked Grace as her teacher showed the class the poster of the Presidents of the United States as she further explains that there has never been a female president before. This was when Grace decided that she would be the first and announces that to her teacher. The teacher took this idea and asked another classroom to join in on this activity so a fuul blown mock elevtion was on its way. During this time, Grace has realized how difficult this task truly was, but she prevaile...more
Nov 13, 2012
Maggi
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This book was a great read as it explained the presidential voting process. Grace is running for class president in her school's mock presidential race. The book explains the electoral process by having each student in Grace's class represent a state. Each state has a certain number of electoral votes. Grace and her opponent begin on the campaign trail. Grace is working hard showing how she can make great change in her school, while her opponent believes that he will win because the boys hold th...more
Jan 15, 2012
Jess
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Teachers working on elections, November Readalouds, Future Class Presidents
Recommended to Jess by:
Monarch
Wait? What do mean there's never been a girl president? Yep, Grace is on it.
Entertaining for a story including electoral college details. Not boring, although there are a few pages where it's all about getting the facts across. Every tried explaining the electoral college to 2nd graders? Exactly.
This is definitely one that'll find more love from teachers. That said, Grace is likable and worthy of being class president, the story maintains tension, and the kids were quieter than I expected during...more
Entertaining for a story including electoral college details. Not boring, although there are a few pages where it's all about getting the facts across. Every tried explaining the electoral college to 2nd graders? Exactly.
This is definitely one that'll find more love from teachers. That said, Grace is likable and worthy of being class president, the story maintains tension, and the kids were quieter than I expected during...more
"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. But soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race. Her popular opponent claims to be the "best man for the job"—and seems to have captured all the male votes—while Grace concentrates on being the best person.
In this timely story, author Kelly DiPucchio not on...more
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. But soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race. Her popular opponent claims to be the "best man for the job"—and seems to have captured all the male votes—while Grace concentrates on being the best person.
In this timely story, author Kelly DiPucchio not on...more
Oct 05, 2010
Carrie (envinoveritas)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Synopsis of book:
When Grace’s teacher shows the class pictures of all the past presidents, Grace asks “where are all the girls?” Disappointed that there has never been a female president, Grace decides to be the first. Inspired by her enthusiasm, Grace’s teacher is prompted to hold a mock election. The book gives a realistic and accessible understanding of how a campaign is run and what role electoral votes play in the process.
How I would use this in my classroom:
The concept of electoral votes...more
When Grace’s teacher shows the class pictures of all the past presidents, Grace asks “where are all the girls?” Disappointed that there has never been a female president, Grace decides to be the first. Inspired by her enthusiasm, Grace’s teacher is prompted to hold a mock election. The book gives a realistic and accessible understanding of how a campaign is run and what role electoral votes play in the process.
How I would use this in my classroom:
The concept of electoral votes...more
"Well, I think that's a star-spangled idea, Grace!" exclaimed Mrs. Barrington. Grace, a student at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School questioned the idea of not having a female president and was praised for her ingenuity. Learning about the presidents sparked an interest and a dream in Grace to one day add some diversity to the long line of men before her. While many of her classmates doubted her dream, her teacher, Mrs. Barrington, fueled her aspirations by holding a school election! Cleverly wri...more
I thought this book was really good. I enjoyed reading it. It made me laugh. When Grace realized that there were no girl presidents she started campaigning. There was a little boy from another class that gave her some competition for the presidency spot. What a great book for young girls who may be having some self-esteem problems or even older girls who are struggling with their lifes direction. The book discusses the voting and democracy process. It showed that being the president is a very ha...more
This book teaches students about the American election process from declaring your candidacy to debates and speeches to election day. It also is an excellent start at explaining the electoral college and its process to young children. But, at the heart of the story is the adorable Grace who is angered when she sees that all of the American Presidents have been men and decides to run for President of her Elementary school. Adorable. The author's note at the back explain the electoral college in e...more
I really liked this book that addresses presidential election themes. Grace Campbell, a cutie-pie African-American girl, decides that she would like to be president one day. Her teacher organizes the school to hold a mock election, assigning each kid to represent a state. Grace campaigns in a positive way, demonstrating that running for president is more than just a few speeches and posters. The electoral college is explained in a way that is as clear and age-appropriate.
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Highly recommended for...more
This was a VERY lovely book about presidential elections and, more specifically, the electoral college.
The story starts when Grace's teacher shows her class a picture of all the presidents, and Grace is not a happy camper when she notices that they're all men! This less to a class presidential election where Grace is running against another boy, and their classmates each represent a state in the electoral college.
The book was very comprehensive. It discussed nominating a candidate, speeches, cam...more
The story starts when Grace's teacher shows her class a picture of all the presidents, and Grace is not a happy camper when she notices that they're all men! This less to a class presidential election where Grace is running against another boy, and their classmates each represent a state in the electoral college.
The book was very comprehensive. It discussed nominating a candidate, speeches, cam...more
The pictures in this book were very vivid in both color and distinction from one another.
The illustrator does a wonderful job in this children's book of using up the space on the page. In fact, the only time there really is a very noticeable use of negative space, is on one page when there clearly is a message of loneliness/isolation going on. Otherwise, from top to bottom the entire page was used. There also was no type of border around the page. The text was also arranged in a very interesting...more
The illustrator does a wonderful job in this children's book of using up the space on the page. In fact, the only time there really is a very noticeable use of negative space, is on one page when there clearly is a message of loneliness/isolation going on. Otherwise, from top to bottom the entire page was used. There also was no type of border around the page. The text was also arranged in a very interesting...more
Grace seen pictures of america's presidents and notice not one females. So she wanted to run for president in her class. a boy in another class became her runner mate who was a spelling bee champion. The book emphasises on how the coutry has 570 electoral vote and whoever recieves 270 electorial votes win the election. they campaigned against one another and the illustrations were done very well to describe each event. It was very educational and cute to allow readers like first and second grade...more
I've wavering back and forth on whether to give this book three or four stars. I liked it; I gave it three stars because it is primarily a "lesson book"--using a story to explain a lesson, which is just not my favorite kind of story. However, it does do its lesson better than any book on this subject--the electoral college--better than any children's book I can think of at the moment. It neatly explains why there is so much talk about certain states during a presidential election. Of course, my...more
When Grace learns that a woman has never been president of the United States, she sets out to change that. Her opponent runs on the slogan, "The Best Man for the Job" while Graces determines to be the best person for the job, acting on her promises even before the election. The students are given roles as states, thereby incorporating an explantion of the Electoral College process. Managing to include all this, maintain a storyline, and not become a lesson book is a difficult task, but the autho...more
I absolutely loved LeUyen Pham's illustrations in this book... her unique attention to all the details... from the campaign posters to the photographs of Grace hard at work on her election promises. I was so appreciative that author Kelly DiPucchio tackled the subjects not only of the electoral college, but of women running for the Presidency in such an approachable manner, one easy for young readers to understand and hopefully relate to. But most of all, I wholeheartedly adored Grace for asking...more
This book is about Grace who was upset because there hasn't been any female presidents. She vows to become the first female president, so her teacher runs a debate in the classroom along with the other class of the same grade level. The book teaches about how many electoral votes are needed for a candidate to in the election. It also talks about how many electoral votes are from each state, which is why this is a great story and informational book for children to read. They learn something insid...more
Jul 22, 2011
Teresa Ortiz
added it
This is a fun book about a girl who gets disgusted when she realizes that there has never been a woman president. She insists that she is someday going to be President. Her teacher decides to start with a school election and gets another class involved. Grace runs for President agains a boy from another class. She runs her campaign completely different than the boy, and wins a tight race. The book has great illustrations that are reminiscent of a presidential race. There are typical red, white a...more
This book is so fun and very useful for teaching about politics, particularly, the electoral college. It's interesting pictures and dialogue really get kids excited about the spirit of an election. This could even be turned into an actual class assignment where the students recreate the election that is described in the story or perhaps a writing assignment that allows them to think about what presidential traits that they have. It turns the complexity of the electoral college into a very simple...more
Grace for President attempts to explain what the Electoral College is for and how it works when voting for the president of the United States. Grace Campbell is outraged when her teacher tells her that a woman has never been president of The United States. A fun, educational election is in progress at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School as nominees Grace Campbell and Thomas Cobb campaign, make speeches, and run for president.
Used for "Who is Our President and What Does He Do All Day?" storytime-Fe...more
Used for "Who is Our President and What Does He Do All Day?" storytime-Fe...more
In her classroom, Grace sees a poster of all the presidents of the United States and realizes not one of them is a woman. Grace announces to her class that she would like to be president of the United States. Her teacher suggests an election at Woodrow Wilson elementary school. No one else in the class wants to be president, which leads Grace to believe that becoming president will be easy. The next day, though, Grace’s teacher announces that another class has also nominated a candidate to run i...more
I loved it! This book does a fantastic job of teaching children about the Electoral College, something that often leaves adults a bit confused. After looking at a large poster of all the U.S. Presidents, Grace notices their are no women pictured. Thus lighting a fire in her heart to become the first woman president. Her teacher decides to do a mini election for their grade and really show the kids how voting works. Very informative book for parents and educators to teach children the importance...more
Grace for President is a great book to share with older elementary school students when learning about the election process. This book follows a girl who wants to badly to run for school president. She and her classmates beat the odds by electing the first girl school president! This book would be great to introduce concepts such as the electoral college, democracy, etc. The content and vocabulary used in this story are apporpriate for children who are in the 3rd-5th grade. Such a great social s...more
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Oct 24, 2012
Shawna Sachs
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4 of 5 stars
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Grace for President is a really good book that talks about the election process. It talks about having different canidates running for president, the elctrotal votes, coming up with a campaign slogan, listening to what others want, the canidates gave speeches and had rallies and then finally the election day came. This book is a good book to an simplified view of how the president or elections works. I think this book could be read to children from Kindergarten through 4 or 5 grade.
Great book for African-American children or girls in general. This book is geared towards an older group but I broke it down to where Jasmine (she's years old) could understand it. She actually was interested in the map when I told her we lived in North Carolina and said, "That's where we live Jasmine, we live in the state of North Carolina." But I wouldn't suggest reading this book to younger children, I don't think they will be able to comprehend electoral votes and such...LOL! :)
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