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So You Want to Be President - a Booklist with header image of Mt. Rushmore

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Stories

J Picture Books (Grades K & up)

Arthur Meets the President book image

JP Brown

Arthur Meets the President

Duck for President book image

JP Cronin

Duck for President

Grace for President book image

JP DiPucchio

Grace for President

President Pennybaker by Feiffer book cover

JP Feiffer

President Pennybaker

The President and Mom's Apple Pie book image

JP Garland

The President and Mom’s Apple Pie

Max for President book image

JP Krosoczka

Max for President

LaRue for Mayor: letters from the campaign trail book image

JP Teague

La Rue for Mayor: Letters from the Campaign Trail

Margaret Chase Smith: a Woman for President book image

JP White

I Could Do That: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

Juvenile Easy Readers (Grades K – 3)

Vote for Me! All About Civics book image

JE Hall

Vote for me: All About Civics

Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid book image

JE McDonald

Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid

Election Day by McNamara book image

JE McNamara

Election Day

Marvin Redpost: Class President book image

JE Sachar

Marvin Redpost. Class President

Juvenile Fiction (Grades 3 -8)

Operation Clean Sweep book image

JFIC Beard

Operation Clean Sweep

Dilly for President book image

JFIC Copeland

Dilly for President

Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed book image

JFIC Dowell

Phineas L. MacGuire — Gets Slimed

Mom for Mayor book image

JFIC Edwards

Mom for Mayor

As If Being 12 and three quarters Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother is Running for President book image

JFIC Gephart

As If Being 12 ¾ Isn’t Bad Enough: My Mother is Running for President

Dork on the Run book image

JFIC Gorman

Dork on the Run

The Kid Who Ran for President book image

JFIC Gutman

The Kid Who Ran for President

The Kid Who Became President book image

JFIC Gutman

The Kid Who Became President

The Misfits book image

J/FIC Howe

The Misfits

Class President book image

JFIC Hurwitz

Class President

J/FIC Littke

Trish for President

Dinah for President book image

JFIC Mills

Dinah for President

Vote 4 Amelia book image

JFIC Moss

Vote 4 Amelia

My Perfect Life book image

J/FIC Sheldon

My Perfect Life

FACTS

Juvenile Easy Nonfiction

Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote book image

JE 305.42009 Stanton Stone

Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton & the Right to Vote

Voting and Elections book image

JE 324.6097 Murphy

Voting and Elections

Election Day book image

JE 324.6309 Murphy

Election Day

Voting book image

JE 324.6509 DeCapua

Voting

JE 324.7097 DeCapua

Running for Public Office

Juvenile Nonfiction

National Elections and the Political Process book image

J324.6097 Giddens-White

National Elections and the Political Process

How the President is Elected book image

J324.6097 Wagner

How the President is Elected

The Electoral College book image

J324.63 LeVert

The Electoral College

Electing the President book image

J/324.6309Feinberg

Electing the President

J324.6309 Henry

Presidential Elections

If I Ran for President book image

J324.7097 Stier

If I Ran for President

Vote! book image

J324.973 Christelow

Vote!

J324.973 Harvey

Presidential Elections

The voice of the people: American democracy in action book image

J324.973 Maestro

The Voice of the People: American Democracy in Action

The Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Elections book image

J324.973 Saffell

The Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Elections

Our Elections book image

J324.973 Steins

Our Elections

Margaret Chase Smith : a Woman for President book image

J328.7309 Smith Plourde

Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President

J/353.0313 Judson

The Presidency of the United States

Yo Millard Fillmore book image

J973.099 Cleveland

Yo, Millard Fillmore!

What Presidents Are Made Of book image

J973.099 Piven

What Presidents Are Made Of

So You Want to Be President book image

J/973.099 St. George

So You Want to Be President?

J/973.9 Aaseng

You Are the President

Schoolhouse Rocks the Vote image

J Songs Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse Rocks the Vote!

JDVD 324.973 Almost

Almost Painless Guide to the Election Process

JDVD 324.973 Election

Election Day

Hail to the Chief video image

JVC 324.973 Hail

Hail to the Chief

Database

What do the songs Rockabye Baby, He's All Right, and I'm Just Wild About Harry have in common?

They were all presidential campaign songs!

Find out who used them on our streaming music database from Alexander Street -
click here for American Song
.
If you are searching the database from home, you'll need your library card and pin number.

Once you have entered the American Song database, type Presidential Campaign Songs in the Search box.

Click the Go button.

On the right side of the screen, you'll see a photo of the album cover for Presidential Campaign Songs, 1789-1996 by Oscar Brand - click on the link below the picture to see a full list of songs that you can listen to!

You may also want to check out the other highlighted album, Winners & Losers: Campaign Songs from the Critical Elections in American History to find other songs not featured on the first album.

Compiled by Elizabeth Rein & Clare Varesio
Children's Services
Santa Clara County Library
September, 2008
 

 

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