The Kids' Guide to the Election

by Nel Yomtov, Cari Meister, Emma Bernay, Emma Carlson Berne

Overview

What's a ballot? Can you dance at a politcal party? And what do a donkey and an elephant have to do with it all? Election Day is coming up and with it comes a lot of questions about the U.S. electoral process. From campaigns and politcal parties to voting, kids can find out all about our elections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496666598
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,019,944
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Nel Yomtov is an award-winning author of children's nonfiction books and graphic novels. He specializes in writing about history, current events, biography, architecture, and military history. He has written numerous graphic novels for Capstone, including the recent School Strike for Climate, Journeying to New Worlds: A Max Axiom Super Scientist Adventure, and Cher Ami: Heroic Carrier Pigeon of World War I. In 2020 he self-published Baseball 100, an illustrated book featuring the 100 greatest players in baseball history. Nel lives in the New York City area.

Cari Meister has written more than 130 books for children, including the Tiny series (Penguin) and the Fast Forward Fairy Tales series (Scholastic).  Cari is a school librarian and she loves to visit other schools and libraries to talk about the joy of reading and writing.  Cari lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, four boys, one horse, and one dog.  You can find out more about her at www.carimeister.com.

Emma Carlson Berne has written more than a dozen books for children and young adults, including teen romance novels, biographies, and history books. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Aaron, her son, Henry, and her dog, Holly.

Emma Carlson Berne has written numerous historical and biographical books for children and young adults, as well as young adult fiction. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two sons.

Emma Carlson Berne has written more than a dozen books for children and young adults, including teen romance novels, biographies, and history books. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Aaron, her son, Henry, and her dog, Holly.

Emma Carlson Berne has written numerous historical and biographical books for children and young adults, as well as young adult fiction. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two sons.

Table of Contents

Democratic Values a Kid's Guide 4

What Is a Democratic Value? 5

Liberty 8

Equality and Individual Rights 10

Civic Duties 14

Be a Good Citizen 20

What You Can Do 22

Election Campaigns a Kid's Guide 28

Part of Democracy 29

Ready, Set, Run! 31

Let's Talk About Platforms 34

Campaign Staff and Support 40

Meeting Voters 42

Talk It Out 46

You and Political Campaigns 52

The Electoral College a Kid's Guide 54

Say What? 55

The History Behind the Electoral College 57

Winning by the Numbers 62

How Does It Work? 68

Pros and Cons 72

What Is Your Role? 78

Political Parties a Kid's Guide 80

It's a Party! 81

Why Do We Have Political Parties? 82

Two-Party System 88

Third Parties 100

What Do You Think? 104

Voting a Kid's Guide 106

Why Is Voting Important? 107

Who Do We Vote For? 110

Spreading the Word 116

Time to Vote! 118

When You Can't Vote Yet 122

Glossary 126

Index 128

Interviews

timed to correlate to the 2020 presidential election; fair and balanced viewpoints; aligned with C3 framework; engaging, kid-friendly language