Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.With a lighthearted style similar to the collaborators' Caldecott Medal-winning So You Want to Be President?, this volume furnishes brief sketches of inventors and inventions both famous and little-known. Dust jacket: Moderate shelf wear edge wear, top and bottom closed tear on back, at top left corner. Visit for more first edition children's books.Ĭondition*: Very Good/Good. George and Small also acknowledge the women and people of color who by 2000, when the book was published, were still awaiting their opportunity to occupy the White House.ĭavid Small was awarded the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.
"Hilariously illustrated by Caldecott honor-winning artist David Small in the cherished tradition of political commentary, this rip-roaring celebration of forty-one Presidents shoes us the foibles, the quirks, and - most of all - the humanity of those men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world." George shares the backroom facts, the spit-fire comments, and the comical anecdotes that have been part and parcel of America's White House. But why not? Presidents have come in just about every variety. When George Bush grew up, he became President. As a boy, George Bush had to eat broccoli. "The President doesn't have to eat yucky vegetables. "The President never has to take out the garbage. "Another good thing about being President is that the President has a swimming pool, bowling alley, and movie theater. One of the good things is that the President lives in a big white house called the White House. "There are good things about being President and there are bad things about being President.
George and David Small, winner of the 2001 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Outstanding! 2000 first edition of So You Want To Be President? by Judith St.
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