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Election! - A Kid's Guide to Picking Our President - cover

Election! - A Kid's Guide to Picking Our President

Dan Gutman

Publisher: Open Road Media Young Readers

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A fun, funny, and informative guide to the weird world of American politics How does the president get his job? How do people know who will win an election before everybody’s voted? Do the candidates hate each other? Dan Gutman takes on his strangest subject ever: the American political system. Reaching through history from the days of the founding fathers to today’s voting system, Gutman tackles complex subjects in a clear, easy-to-understand way. Even grown-ups will find something in here that they’ve never learned before. Politics are a crazy game, and with Dan Gutman teaching you the rules, you’re going to have a blast learning how to play.
Available since: 08/21/2012.
Print length: 124 pages.

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