Madam President

This is a light book focused mainly on presidential responsibility. The main character is a young girl with delusions of presidential grandeur. She goes about her daily responsibilities and is generally misunderstood by all around her. Everyone else is either bemused or annoyed by her presidential ways, but she's oblivious to all of that. Very amusing book. ( )

A young girl tells her story of what she thinks it would be like to be president for a day. Each page portrays a different job that she would have to be in charge of; Veto-ing laws, keeping the peace, press conferences, negotiating treaties and many more. She then ends by planning for her important day tomorrow. ( )

This is a great children's book for children that are around a second or third grade level. It talks about the way children see the president. ( )

Katy is here to tell you that the President of the United States has many duties. She imagines what it would be like to be Madam President as she goes about her day at school and at home. She vetoes tuna casserole at lunch, gives a press conference in class, and averts a disaster by cleaning her room. And, as she settles into her bed for the night, she’s very happy there’s a vice president to meet the ambassador from Freedonia.

Smith’s illustrations are full of funny details that mesh perfectly with the conversational text. His protagonist, Katy, is intelligent and yet full of the infallible logic of a child. For instance, there is a two page spread that shows Katy’s cabinet members, which include Mr. Potato Head (Secretary of Agriculture), a lamp (Secretary of Energy), and a chef (Secretary of Pizza).

Full Review at Picture-Book-a-Day: http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-73-madam-president-by-lane-smit...

Probably the best book I can find for a Presidents day storytime. Simple text, not too long, on theme. Madam President runs through all the duties she has for a day. ( )