Duck for President

Duck for President was written in 2004 by Betsy Lewin. I discovered this book as part of the creation of my social studies unit for second grade students that explores the government.  This story serves as a great to teach students about the main idea and I even used this text within my classroom to have students explore and decide on together what they thought the main idea of the text would be. In exploring the main idea of Duck for President, students are able to both understand the concept of what a main idea is while also understanding that the job of a president is a very difficult one that should be respected as the president has a variety of tasks to take care of in order to ensure the whole country is functioning in a successful manner. This particular stories appeals to younger readers a duck is running for president up against the governor and the story serves as a great introduction into teaching readers about the role of the president within the actual government itself.  All in all, this story serves as an extremely strong resource that should be present in many lower grade elementary school classroom libraries in order to teach readers about the government in a manner that appeals to younger readers by explaining the importance of the president in a more simple manner. The illustrations in the story also appeal to younger readers as well as the pictures incorporate vivid colors and the pictures are designed in a cartoon format that appears to be illustrated using water colors.