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When you grow up to vote : how our government works for you / Eleanor Roosevelt with Michelle Markel ; illustrated by Grace Lin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 83 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781626728790
  • 1626728798
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Contents:
Introduction / by Marian Wright Edelman -- Foreword / by Nancy Roosevelt Ireland -- Fire! Fire! -- To protect and to serve -- The garbage collector -- The honorable mayor -- The meeting will come to order! -- At the statehouse -- Why do we have laws? -- At the Capitol -- The White House -- The president has fifteen secretaries -- Who pays the bills? -- We, the people -- What does the judge do? -- When you grow up to vote -- More about our government -- More about Eleanor Roosevelt.
Summary: "In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt published the original edition of When You Grow Up to Vote in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. The new edition has updated information and back matter as well as fresh, bold art from award-winning artist Grace Lin. Beginning with government workers like firefighters and garbage collectors, and moving up through local government to the national stage, this book explains that the people in government work for the voter. Fresh, contemporary, and even fun, When You Grow Up to Vote is the book parents and teachers need to talk to children about how our government is designed to work"--Publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 324.6 R781 Available 33111008927887
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 324.6 R781 Available 33111009277571
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Eleanor Roosevelt's book on citizenship for young people now revised and updated for a contemporary audience.

In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt published the original edition of When You Grow Up to Vote in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. The new edition has updated information and back matter as well as fresh, bold art from award-winning artist Grace Lin. Beginning with government workers like firefighters and garbage collectors, and moving up through local government to the national stage, this book explains that the people in government work the voter.

Fresh, contemporary, and even fun, When You Grow Up to Vote is the book parents and teachers need to talk to children about how our government is designed to work.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / by Marian Wright Edelman -- Foreword / by Nancy Roosevelt Ireland -- Fire! Fire! -- To protect and to serve -- The garbage collector -- The honorable mayor -- The meeting will come to order! -- At the statehouse -- Why do we have laws? -- At the Capitol -- The White House -- The president has fifteen secretaries -- Who pays the bills? -- We, the people -- What does the judge do? -- When you grow up to vote -- More about our government -- More about Eleanor Roosevelt.

"In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt published the original edition of When You Grow Up to Vote in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. The new edition has updated information and back matter as well as fresh, bold art from award-winning artist Grace Lin. Beginning with government workers like firefighters and garbage collectors, and moving up through local government to the national stage, this book explains that the people in government work for the voter. Fresh, contemporary, and even fun, When You Grow Up to Vote is the book parents and teachers need to talk to children about how our government is designed to work"--Publisher.

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