America Votes: How Our President Is Elected
Linda Granfield. Kids Can Press, $16.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-1-55337-086-4
The paper-over-board America Votes: How Our President Is Elected by Linda Granfield, illus. by Steve Bjorkman, introduces many facets of presidential elections, with brief overviews on the history of voting rights for African-Americans and women, the types of voting machines now in use (including a sidebar about chads-""the tiny bit you punch out of paper with a hole-punch""-in the 2000 election), the role of the electoral college, the impact of TV in presidential campaigns and more. Brief timelines and biographies point out key events and players.
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Reviewed on: 09/01/2003
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 64 pages - 978-1-55337-988-1
Paperback - 64 pages - 978-1-55337-087-1
Prebound-Sewn - 978-0-613-89650-4
Prebound-Sewn - 978-0-606-34760-0
