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Duck for President
By Doreen Cronin
When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.

Grace for President
By Kelly Dipucchio
When Grace discovers that there has never been a female U.S. president, she decides to run for school president.

George Washington: Our First President
By Ann Gaines
Looks at the life and presidency of the first president of the United States.

Madeline at the White House
By John Bemelmans Marciano
Madeline and the other orphans of the vine-covered house in Paris spend Easter at the White House visiting with the President's daughter.

Abraham Lincoln : America's 16th president
By Steven Otfinoski
A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States.

Madam President
By Lane Smith
A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were President of the United States.

The First Pup: The Real Story of How Bo Got to the White House
By Bob Staake
Once upon a time, a man named Barack Obama ran for president of the United States. On the night of his victory, he made a very important announcement ... his daughters would get a puppy!

Mr. President Goes to School
By Rick Walton
When the President finds the many pressures of his job to be overwhelming, he disguises himself and returns to kindergarten, where he is reminded of the important lessons he learned there.

Barack
By Jonah Winter
The extraordinary story of African-American senator and president, Barack Obama.

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Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick

If there's one book today's kids need to read, it is Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) . The authors provide a fun format for teaching etiquette to children. They discuss proper behavior at home, at school, at other people's homes and in public places. The information is completely up-to-date with cellphone manners and netiquette included. Fun, cartoony illustrations are on practically every page giving the book great visual appeal. This book is perfect for boys and girls in the fourth grade or older. WARNING: Bodily functions are discussed.

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin Illustrated by Leslie Evans Charlesburg; 2009; unpaged Faces of the Moon is a short nonfiction book that describes the different phases of the moon and why the moon appears like it does on certain nights. This book is short and sweet so even the youngest of moon lovers will enjoy it. The layout is simplistic and easy to follow. I don’t know much about the moon so I found it very interesting.

Review: The Factory

The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...

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