Trade Book Reading List

Name: Social Studies Group Laura, Chelsea, Shay, Brooke, Brandy

Author – Last name, First name	Illustrator – Last name, First name	Title	Level	Award/Type	Annotation	Pages
Maestro, Betsy	Maestro, Giulio	More Perfect Union: The Story of our Constitution	2	Non-fiction	Describes how the constitution was drafted and ratified.	48
The writers of the Constitution	Caltrow, David	We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States	2	Non-fiction	An illustrated preamble to the Constitution	32
Harness, Cheryl	Harness, Cheryl	Rabble Rousers: 20 Women Who Made a Difference	3	Non-fiction	Documents the lives and accomplishments of a select group of women activists	64
Granfield, Linda	Bjorkman, Steve	America Votes: How our President is Elected	3	Non-fiction	Brief history of voting and rights of voters. Impact of TV on campaigns, brief timelines and biographies point out key events and players.	64
Sobel, Syl	Tanzey, Pam	How the Government Works	3	Non-fiction	Explains the three branches of government and how they work.	48
St. George, Judith	Small, David	So you want to be president	3	Non-fiction	Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton.	56
Christelow, Eileen		VOTE	3	Non-fiction	Shows the steps involved in an election from the speeches & rallies to the voting booths & the announcements of the winner.	47
Fritz, Jean	De Paola, Tomie	Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution	3	Non-fiction	Describes how the constitution came to be written and ratified.	64
Davis, Kenneth C	Martin, Pedro	Don’t Know Much About the President	4	Non-fiction	Using a Q & A format, this book looks at the presidency and the men who have held office.	64
McPherson, James		Scholastic Encyclopedia of the presidents and their times	4	Encyclopedia	Documents the tenure of each president. Includes headlines, people and fads that were famous during each president’s term.	256