3.+Literature+List

__illustrations and foreword by__: David Catrow
==== __brief summary__: This book is an illustrated, “kid-friendly” version of the Preamble to the Constitution. The pictures really make it easy to understand the meanings implied in the Preamble. This book is a very colorful, interesting and helpful picture book for children. ====

__illustrator__: AG Ford
==== __brief summary__: This book is a picture book about the life of First Lady, Michelle Obama. Because first graders in the unit of civics and government begin learning about authority figures and the President, this book is a wonderful way to humanize the government and a beautiful way to introduce the First Lady. The book talks about her childhood all the way up to her husband’s presidency. ====

__author and illustrator__: Allan Drummond
==== __brief summary__: This book is about the Statue of Liberty and American patriotism and being proud to be “free”. This would be a great book to read when discussing patriotism throughout the unit. The book depicts with wonderful detail and building of the Statue of Liberty and what this great statue means to the country of America. ====

__author__: Warren Colman
==== __brief summary__: This is a book, in Spanish, about the Constitution of the United States of America. The book describes through simple language and pictures the history of the Constitution and what America had to do in order to ensure its existence. This book would be accessible to English Language Learners (ELLs) and enable them to better comprehend the beginning of the American government in their own language. ====

__author__: Sharon Creech
==== __brief summary__: This book is about when a principal loves his school so mmuch that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, it's up to his students to show him free time is a good thing, too. ====

__author__: Kay Winters
==== __brief summary__: This book is about a second grader writes a television station with reasons why his teacher would make a good president, but only if she can continue teaching until the end of the year. ====

__illustrator__: Tate Nation
__brief summary__: This book has a story with illustrations and captions on made around all of the presidents’ name up to G.W. Bush to help students remember them. The book also includes information on the presidents that students can return to during later readings.

__author and illustrator__: Peggy Rathmann
==== __brief summary__: Officer Buckle gives boring safety lectures at schools until a police dog, Gloria, starts demonstrating the lessons behind his back. He quits after realizing the children only enjoyed his speech because of Gloria. After a huge accident and a convincing letter Officer Buckle teams up with Gloria and starts the safety lectures again. ====

__author and illustrator__: Tommie DePaola
==== __brief summary__: Big Anthony does various chores for Strega Nona, but it warned not to touch her magical pasta pot. One day while Strega Nona is out, Big Anthony decides to use the pot to treat everyone in the town to pasta. Though he can make the pot make pasta, he cannot figure out how to stop it. Strega Nona comes home and stops the pot, then makes Big Anthony eat the excess pasta as punishment. ====

__illustrator__: Betsy Lewin
__brief summary__: When Duck decides he doesn’t like the way Farmer Brown runs the farm, he decides to run for the person in charge of the farm. When he realizes running a farm is hard work he decides to become the governor, then president, before returning to his job as a duck.