When You Grow Up to Vote: How Our Government Works for You
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In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt published the original edition of When You Grow Up to Vote in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. The new edition has updated information and back matter as well as fresh, bold art from award-winning artist Grace Lin. Beginning with government workers like,firefighters and garbage collectors, and moving up through local government to the national stage, this book explains that the people in government work the voter.Fresh, contemporary, and even fun, When You Grow Up to Vote is the book parents and teachers need to talk to children about how our government is designed to work.
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Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from1933 to 1945. She also served as First Lady of New York, on theUnited Nations Commission on Human Rights, and on thePresidential Commission on the Status of Women. She died in1962
Michelle Markel has written many picture books for children including Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 and Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead.She lives in West Hills, California
Grace Lin is the author and illustrator of more than twenty books for children, including the Newbery Honor Book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown), the Geisel Honor Book Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! (Little, Brown), and The Ugly Vegetables. She is also the co-author and illustrator of Our Seasons. She lives in Florence, Massachusetts.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781626728790
- Publication Date
- September 25, 2018
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Page Count
- 96
- Words Per Page
- 63
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 6 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2018936553
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~1019L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Y
- ATOS® Book Level
- 6.9
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 501372
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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