Recent Presidential Books for Kids

K-3 Books

Burleigh, Robert. (2014). Abraham Lincoln Comes Home. Illustrated by Wendell Minor. New York: Square Fish. (paperback version)

Chew, Elizabeth V. (2014). Thomas Jefferson: A Day at Monticello. Illustrated by Mark Elliot. New York: Abrams Books (Older grades 3-5)

Kalman, Maira. (2014). Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything. New York: Penguin/Paulsen.

Kalman, Maira. (2012). Looking at Lincoln.  New York: Penguin/Paulsen.

Meltzer, Brad. (2014). I am Abraham Lincoln. Illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos. New York: Dial. 

Provensen, Alice. (2013). The Buck Stops Here. New York: Puffin (paperback version)

Rappaport, Doreen. (2013). To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrated by C.F. Payne. New York: Disney/Hyperion.

Singer, Marilyn. (2013). Rutherford B., Who Was He? Poems About Our Presidents. Illustrated by John Hendrix.New York: Disney/Hyperion.

Townsend, Michael. (2014). Where Do Presidents Come From? And Other Presidential Stuff of Great Importance. New York: Puffin (paperback version)

Winter, Jonah. ( 2013).  JFK. New York: Katherine Tegen Books.