See How They Run
Monday, July 07, 2008 Posted by Lori Calabrese
See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House
by Susan E. Goodman (Author), Elwood H. Smith (Illustrator); Bloomsbury; May, 2008Ages 8 and up (96 pages)
Looking for a way to explain the election and everything political to kids? Check out See How They Run by Susan Goodman. Learn about the birth of democracy , voting, the Electoral College, and much more. See How They Run is informative and entertaining with hilarious sidebars, making a usual tough and boring topic appealing.
The author of dozens of books for kids, Susan Goodman publishes widely on a variety of topics. She lives in Boston, and teaches at Tufts and Lesley. She has a wonderful website, so if you have the chance, check it out.
Elwood Smith works and lives in Rhinebeck, New York. His retro style is admired by many. He has illustrated several books for children.
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July 9, 2008 3:53 PM
Looks good thanks. I see Bayard’s have got themselves a guest illustrator for one of their stories in the September edition of Storybox - award winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury, who also provided illustrations for Alice in Wonderland - StoryBoxBooks