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We’ve been reading books about Presidents and First Ladies over the past few weeks. It was our theme for January in our little reading challenge. You can read more about our yearly family reading challenge here and here. And I would absolutely encourage you to institute a form of reading challenge in your own home.
Since we read President books in January, I thought I’d give you a list that is just in time for President’s Day!
First up, I have a few series that I recommend, and then I’ve also listed some individual books, as well as books about specific presidents.
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans series
Picture book biography by Adler
Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents by Venezia
For Kids Series by Brandon Marie Miller
Multiple Presidents
Rush Revere and the Presidency
President Taft is Stuck in the Bath
Yo Millard Fillmore! (And All Those Other Presidents You Don’t Know)
Individual Presidents
Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette
Take the Lead George Washington
Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
Dangerous Crossing: The Revolutionary Voyage of John Quincy Adams
Abe Lincoln the Boy who Loved books
The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks
Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt
The Remarkable Rough Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Empire America
Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt!
A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America
The Remarkable Ronald Reagan: Cowboy and Commander in Chief
What are you reading this President’s Day?
I’m excited to read about some of the lesser-known presidents. Chester Arthur? Millard Fillmore? Hmmm, I don’t remember those from history class!
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