Obama biography for very young child

[nolonger]

Can anyone recommend a picture book biography of the President-elect that can be read in less than 15 minutes and is suitable for a very young child?

TYA

[merpk]

I don't think any exist yet.

Yet. The operative word.





By the time of the inauguration one will surely have been published ...

[PattyCakes_726]

I saw 3 or 4 different children's books about Obama at Borders last weekend. I'm sure if you search their website you'll find them.

[sebarnes]

I saw one a couple of weeks back at Costco. It was all sold out when I went back. I wish I'd picked it up sooner... I think it was called Obama.

[nolonger]

Thank you, fellow Book Geeks. :

i haven't checked Borders, but I'm overwhelmed at Amazon and was hoping that someone here had checked a few out.

I still have tha Clinton biography I got from Scholastic when my adult and almost-adult children were small. It was an easy reader chapter book. The baby actually has a board book biography of MLK, so I'm hopeful that I can find an Obama book that is accurate, well-written, and enjoyable for both of us.

I was very impressed with Nancy Carlson's Big, Beautiful World, which isn't about 9/11 per se but deals with the feelings it evoked in all of us in an honest, straightforward way.

[mammastar2]

A while back the NYT reviewed a couple of Obama bios for kids:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/bo...rs&oref=slogin

[nolonger]

Thanks bunches! The author's reservations about today's biographies being overly optimistic definitely played themselves out with my family's Clinton biography, but I think it's a real hoot and a piece of living history for ds2 and the dgc.

of course that's just me.

i may not be able to stay out of Borders today; i'll updatethe thread if i can't.

[merpk]

Thanks for the info.

[merpk]

Okay, just read the NYTimes link. The Garen Thomas book, despite the description of it, and admittedly just from reading the quotes in the review, does not seem "readable" for a young child, IMO.

"There has emerged a new leader who seems to be granting Americans a renewed license to dream. . . . People believe he under*stands them, because by some measure he is them. . . . He manages, through what appears to be genuine concern, to uplift those who have fallen and bring hope anew to both the cynic and the idealist.”


Would your kids listen to that? The bigger ones (still in elementary school), sure, but young ones? Naah.

[mammastar2]

Originally Posted by merpk

Okay, just read the NYTimes link. The Garen Thomas book, despite the description of it, and admittedly just from reading the quotes in the review, does not seem "readable" for a young child, IMO.

"There has emerged a new leader who seems to be granting Americans a renewed license to dream. . . . People believe he under*stands them, because by some measure he is them. . . . He manages, through what appears to be genuine concern, to uplift those who have fallen and bring hope anew to both the cynic and the idealist.”


Would your kids listen to that? The bigger ones (still in elementary school), sure, but young ones? Naah.

Eek! Sounds like a sermon, and not a very exciting one at that. My daughter (and probably me too) would go all Peppermint Patty listening to the teacher on that one.

[momslittleangel]

Looks like someone just threw out a million dollar idea for a mama that can write and one that illistrate. I can't do either

[fremontmama]

http://www.amazon.com/Barack-Obama-P...d=I7XN4UTSD6IX

http://www.amazon.com/Barack-African...6364133&sr=8-3

Here's a couple that we liked. We got both from our local library.

[Milkymommy]

We have the book Barack Obama Son of Promise, Child of Hope. My daughter liked it and it's suitable for a young child.