Are you still confused by the electoral college? Still unsure who to vote for?
I found this book at Target the other day - it's called Grace for President. In it, a young girl named Grace looks at all of the U.S. presidents, and asks, "Where are all the GIRLS?"
Grace then decides to run for president, and her teacher decides to host an election at the elementary school. Grace's opponent is a young boy, Thomas Cobb who was the spelling bee champ, the captain of the soccer team, etc. etc. The different kids in the school each pretend to be a state, and each decides who their electoral votes will go to.
Thomas assumes that he will win, assumes that because there are more boys than girls in the electoral college, that he will win the election. Grace works extra hard, campaigns, volunteers... (Sorry, I won't call this race for you yet.)
Did I mention that Grace is black? I think it's so interesting that even in this pretend election, race isn't talked about in an explicit way... but gender is.
And did I mention that the illustrator of the book is Le Uyen Pham, from the state of California, with 55 electoral votes?
I haven't given the book to my daughter yet... maybe come November when all these primaries are finally over and done with. =)
~ eliaday
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