CLOSED: The Encyclopedia of Presidents and Their Times (Book Giveaway #1)

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We love Scholastic books. It's always such fun to add to our Scholastic collection and then after a season, pass them onto friends, our local library or book drives but this one book by David Rubel will stay in our "library treasury" for keeps!....The Encyclopedia of Presidents and Their Times


The Buzz:

The Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times documents the tenure of each of the American presidents.

It also includes information about the headlines, people, and fads that were defining America during each presidency. Each profile includes a fact box that lists the president's birthday, birthplace, vice president, wife, children, and nickname. It also lists the president's full name and years he was in office. Following the fact box is a one-page description of each year that president served.
For Example: there are eight pages about Clinton and four about Carter.
Each page explains the key issues that the president addressed that year, as well as what was important to Americans at that time. A brief description of each presidential campaign is included as well.

Besides serving as a quick reference source for information on the presidents, this title offers insight into general American history as well.
For example, if a child born in 1990 wanted to see who was president when she was born, she could look up the page for 1990. There she would find that Bush was president and one of the biggest issues he faced that year was the Gulf War. She would also discover that Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa in 1990 and that hip-hop music was beginning to attract a strong following.

Two additional features follow the presidential profiles. The first is a table with the results of all American presidential elections. It includes the candidates' names, their parties, and the popular and electoral votes each received. The other feature is a history of the White House that includes several photos of the White House over the past 150 odd years.


E.B. Mommy's Report:

This book is a wealth of historical knowledge for older children (Suggested Age: 10 years+ but I personally feel this is better for the 12+ range) and adults. They will get lost in reliving each Presidential reign and learn little tidbits from the Golden Years that have not really been talked about a whole lot.

Bunny girl is way too young to really comprehend this Encyclopedia but her Daddy has been greedily devouring snatches out of it each time he sees it lying around!

I'm sure this book will also be a valuable resource and aid for school projects and assignments too but I have to admit that there really is a lot of information to digest in one sitting. To really get the most out of this book I would definitely suggest slow, paced reading over several days!


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The Encyclopedia of Presidents and Their Times retails for 21.99 US$.


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