Kids Voting Durham Recommended Reading

Kids Voting Durham Recommended Reading List
Younger Elementary		Older Elementary		Middle and High School
Younger Elementary
Each letter from the alphabet introduces a person, place, or concept about the US and its government.	Duck doesn’t like having to do his chores, so he runs for president of the farm.		An easy to read text that describes Election Day and how people vote.	Describes freedom of speech and how and why it is guaranteed in the US.	The inspiring true story of Henry “Box” Brown’s escape from slavery.
Children describe the election process as if they were running for President.	Courageous 6-year-old Ruby Bridges becomes the first and only black child to attend an all-white elementary school.		An introduction to everything about voting.	All about life in the White House.	Tales of President Theodore Roosevelt’s sometimes wild and unconventional daughter Alice.

Older Elementary
A young girl accompanies Elizabeth Cady Stanton as the suffragist attempt to vote in 1880.	Young Thembi and her great-grandmother go together to vote as black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time in 1994.	The story of the US constitution.	Grace learns that the US has never had a woman president. So she decides to run!	The inspiring true story of Henry “Box” Brown’s escape from slavery.
Inspiring stories of youth activism.	Young people, teachers, and parents can plan their course of social action and expect to see results.	Information and trivia about presidential elections.	This witty and anecdotal history of elections starts with the birth of democracy and takes the reader all the way to the 2008 elections.

Middle and High School
Celebrated Americans - from Adrian Grenier to Amber Tamblyn to Hayden Panettiere to Alice Walker— share their compelling perspectives on voting and civic involvement. Includes an extensive list of resources for civically active youth.	Download a high school discussion guide at the Civic Education Consortiums Civics Database	Inspiring stories of youth activism.	Newbery Honor Book and fiction that focuses on patriotism and free speech AND teendom.	Eighteen remarkable kids speak out and take action.