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President's Day Reading List for Kids

By Jackie Zataweski February 10, 2016
Presidents' Day - Margaret McNamara (fiction)
Presidents' Day - Anne Rockwell (fiction)
President Taft is Stuck in the Bath - Mac Barnett (fiction)
Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig - Stephen Krensky (fiction)
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek - Deborah Hopkinson (fiction)
Presidents' Day - Amy Margaret (non-fiction)
One President was Born on Independence Day - Barbara Seuling (non-fiction)
US Presidential Inaugurations - Andrew Santella (non-fiction)
The Story of Monticello - Norman Richards (non-fiction)
So You Want to Be President? - Judith St. George (non-fiction)
The White House - Anne Hempstead (non-fiction)
White House Q & A - Denise Rinaldo (non-fiction)

This "Who Was...?" series is very popular. These are about presidents or first ladies.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt? - Gare Thompson
Who was Franklin Roosevelt? - Margaret Frith
Who was Woodrow Wilson? - Margaret Frith
Who was Abigail Adams? - True Kelley
Who was Ulysses S. Grant? - Megan Stine
Who was George Washington? - Roberta Edwards
Who was Ronald Reagan? - Joyce Milton
Who was John F. Kennedy? - Yona McDonough

Mary Todd Lincoln - Kathleen Krull
The American Presidency (from Encyclopedia Britannica)
The Mystery at Mount Vernon - Carole Marsh (fiction)
Oh Say, I Can't See - Jon Scieszka (fiction)
Lincoln's Legacy - Stacia Deutsch (fiction)
George Washington's Socks - Elvira Woodruff (fiction)
George Washington's Spy - Elvira Woodruff (fiction)
Revolutionary War on Wednesday - Mary Pope Osborne (fiction)
The Kid who Ran for President - Dan Gutman (fiction)
Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid - Megan McDonald (fiction)
Mr. Macky is Wacky - Dan Gutman (fiction)

Special thanks to Jackie Zataweski of the Frank Sarris Public Library for putting this list together. Happy reading!!