Grace for President by Kelly Dipucchio

In this timely picture book, two elementary school classes hold an election. After finding out that there has never been a woman president, Grace decides to run for President. Her competitor, Thomas, is the star soccer player and the champion of the spelling bee. Each student is designated as a State and assigned a certain number of electoral college votes (so one student's vote could count more than another's, which could be hard for younger readers to understand). Then the campaigning begins, all the usual speeches and promises. Throughout Grace discovers that campaigning is hard work, and readers come away with a much better understanding of the process. Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio. Pictures by LeUyen Pham. Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.