What to read while growing up to be president

0 Comments | USA TODAY, February, 2008 | by Bob Minzesheimer

To mark Presidents Day on Monday, USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer looks at four children's books about presidents and politics, real and imagined.

White House Q&A

By Denise Rinaldo

Smithsonian/Collins, 48 pp., $16.99

Ages 5-9

With loads of illustrations and links to educational websites hosted by the Smithsonian Institution, White House Q&A is a child-friendly, non-partisan primer about life in the White House, past and present. Among the questions: "Are pets allowed? Of course! Would you tell the president, 'No pets allowed!?' President Theodore Roosevelt's children practically had a zoo." The best photo shows young visitors in the White House movie theater beloved by President Clinton. The book describes President Nixon as the...