Que Es Una Eleccion? (What's an Election?)

by Nancy Kelly Allen

Students Will Learn The Election Process From Beginning To End With This Wonderful Title. From What A Candidate Is, To Where And When People Vote, And How And Why The Election Process Is So Important In Our Country.

26 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Nancy Kelly Allen’s route to award-winning writing has more twists and turns than a winding mountain road. She worked as a social worker and elementary school teacher. When Nancy changed career paths once again and became a school librarian, the route led her straight to the world of picture books. Nancy spent her days introducing books to children and her nights writing books for children. Eventually, writing led her down the trail to publication. Nancy has seven picture books, one chapter book, and is working on more. Writing children’s books led her down another path: writing books for adults. Her first book for adults is told from the perspective of a child and spiced with humor.
Nancy grew up in Kentucky where storytelling is a way of life. Every evening after supper, her father entertained the family with humorous stories. Each time he told a story, he embellished it a little more. Nancy’s mother encouraged her young daughter to write stories, even before Nancy could read. Nancy pecked away on the keyboard of an old Royal typewriter, writing nothing but jumbled letters and numbers. Nancy proudly handed her work to her mother, who read it aloud as if Nancy had actually written a story. The early influence of her mother’s literary interpretations and her father’s humorous storytelling set Nancy on the road to creating worlds through books. Now that she’s all grown up, Nancy considers her love of writing a gift of the spirit from her parents.
Nancy has a master’s degree in Education from Morehead State University and a master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky. She lives in Kentucky in the log cabin in which she grew up. Nancy shares her cabin with her husband Larry and a canine writer assistants, Jazi and Roxi.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very, very basic book about the election for young readers.

[Karina Arroyo · Rating 3 out of 5]

What's an Election, is an interesting book as it definitely breaks down what an election is in the United States. These kinds of books are perfect for social studies teachers as they can utilize them to teach students about important factors in history. I liked how the book did not have long boring sentences as we tend to see in many social studies books. The book did not have illustrations that were drawn but had realistic pictures that really made me connect the things in the book to real life. I like how it actually talked about the process of voting and who can vote. Other things i liked about this book was that it gave simple examples and that it has a glossory in the back. The glossary is a great way for children to learn new words. I enjoyed these books and hope that there are more created. This book can be used to do history research papers for young children. In the end, it think that this book would be great for 3rd graders.