Best President's Day Kids Books

The following children's books are great for Presidents' Day lesson plans.  Note: The interest age increases as you move down the page. (We are still working on getting books for older children.)  Click on book title for details.


So You Want to
Be President

by Judith St. George
2nd grade & Up


What Presidents
Are Made Of

by Hanoch Piven
2nd grade - 6th grade


If I Ran for
President

by Catherine Stier
1st grade - 3rd grade


Grace for President
by Kelly DiPucchio
1st grade - 3rd grade



Duck for President
by Doreen Cronin
Preschool - 2nd grade

If I Were President
by Catherine Stier
Kindergarten - 2nd grade

Smart About the Presidents
by Jon Buller
4th grade - 7th grade

Lives of the Presidents
Fame, Shame (and What
the Neighbors Thought)

4th grade - 8th grade


Madam President
by Lane Smith
Kindergarten - 3rd grade

President's Day
by Anne Rockwell
Preschool - 1st grade

My Teacher for President
by Kay Winters
Kindergarten - 3rd grade

Bad Kitty for President
by Nick Bruel
2nd grade - 4th grade



If you are looking for biographies about the two main presidents generally celebrated on Presidents' Day -- Lincoln and Washington: