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This month, the country’s new first family will move into the White House. This historic event is the perfect opportunity to learn about American presidents. Here, we rounded up some fun picture books, nonfiction choices and even teen romances.

“The Presidency”

By Christine Taylor-Butler
Children’s Press, 2008
For ages: 8-12
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Part of Scholastic’s True Book series, “The Presidency” offers a look at the most powerful job in the world. Readers will learn the basics: the current salary, where the president lives and works, as well as how he travels. The author also writes about the responsibilities of the president and executive branch. One of the six chapters is dedicated to George Washington, and another discusses the hardships many chief executives have had to endure, such as the Depression and the Sept. 11 attacks. We love the extra lists of factoids and diagrams, such as the line of succession and the map of the White House.

“Barack Obama:

An American Story”

By Roberta Edwards
Grosset & Dunlap, 2008
For ages: 7-11
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: This book was released before Obama won the presidential election. It chronicles his life up to the campaign, living in Hawaii and Indonesia as a boy and his work as a civil rights lawyer and politician in Illinois. The book discusses his relationships with both his Kansas-born mother and his Kenyan father, whom he met only a few times during his life. Readers will learn how his family, especially his grandparents, were committed to Obama receiving an excellent education, and how his love of basketball gave him a sense of belonging that he had never felt before. The book includes watercolor illustrations and photographs of Obama as a young man.

“All-American Girl”

By Meg Cabot
HarperCollins, 2002
For ages: 13-16
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Teen favorite Cabot, famed for her “Princess Diaries” series, has a knack for making the unbelievable believable. Samantha is a sophomore in high school living in Washington, D.C., with her family. Her life seems typical, she has a crush on her popular older sister’s boyfriend, and she is jealous of her genius younger sister. Her seemingly normal life changes when she unknowingly saves the president’s life. Overnight, she becomes a national sensation. Suddenly, the Secret Service, MSNBC and Entertainment Tonight want to interview her. Samantha’s life gets even more complicated when she is asked to become a teen ambassador. This will mean spending time with the First Family and hanging out with the president’s dorky son. Will life ever get back to normal?

“Duck for President”

By Doreen Cronin, Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Simon & Schuster, 2004
For ages: 4-6
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Questioning the leadership of Farmer Brown, the farm animals tire of their daily regimen of hard work. They take action by registering to vote and hold an election. They elect Duck, so he is now in charge of the farm, which means even more hard work for him than before. Duck decides maybe he should run for governor instead. He hits the campaign trail and ends up winning the election. As governor, Duck decides that running a state is too much work also, so he decides to run for president. He hits the campaign trail again, kissing babies, and playing the saxophone on late-night television. Will he win the election? And if so, will it be too much hard work? You’ll laugh out loud at the hilarious illustrations.