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Overview
A multicultural cast of children imagines what is would be like to be president.
A simple description of the duties, responsibilities, and traditions of the office of president.
Synopsis
A multicultural cast of children imagines what is would be like to be president.
Children's Literature
What does the President of the United States actually do? That's the question that Catherine Stier and DyAnne Di-Salvo Ryan address in this straightforward account of the work of being president. The president must "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," as agreed when sworn into office. The president must live in the White House and be in charge of the armed forces. Stier also describes some of the perks of the job--that the president can go bowling at home and throws the first pitch of baseball season. Notably, while the text is a first person account of life as a president, the accompanying illustrations present the president with a wonderfully multicultural set of faces. Sometimes the president is a boy, at other times, a girl, and sometimes he's dark-skinned and other times he's light-skinned. The book provides a clear, enthusiastic description of a "great" job! At the front of the book is a one-page summary, including information about Constitutional requirements for being president.