Pete for President!

by Daisy Alberto, Blanche Sims (Illustrator)

The popular Social Studies Connects series links history, geography, civics and economics to kids’ daily lives. Featuring stories with diverse characters who face situations young readers can relate to, these books support reading and social studies skills including researching, inferring, comparing, and communication. An activity to stimulate curiosity about the world is included in each book!

Pete and Joey are best friends, until they run for class president—and discover that it takes more than speeches and posters and promises to win an election. (Social Studies Civictions/Elections)

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2004

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

A simple introduction to voting and the election process. Emphasis on "simple." Appropriate for early elementary students. Not a very memorable book. Selected as a 2005 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People by NCSS and CBC.

[ProfCurrier]

The book Pete For President! is a short book about presidential elections. The story is narrated by a third grade boy who is running for class president. It includes a lot of fun facts about elections and is easy for young children to read and understand. I would read this book to my class close to Election Day so that my students would get a little more information about elections and how they work. This picture book would be good for students in kindergarten or 1st grade to read independently.

-Claudia Purkis

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book introduces the concept of elections and various ways that candidates try to elicit votes from their constituents. Things get a bit out of hand when two friends compete against one another to become class president. Good learning tool for students learning about the election process and politics.

[Kayla · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book was also not one of my favorites. i did not like that pete and joey are always competing with each other. i did like the did you know at the bottom of the pages but that is basically the only thing i liked.

[Stephanie Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on presidential campaigns in an easy-to-relate school setting