Dear President Obama | Book Review and Giveaway
July 16, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
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On November 5th, 2008, writers Bruce Kluger and David Tabatsky had a simple idea: to recapture the exhilarating spirit of the 2008 presidential election from the perspective of our nation’s youngest citizens.They emailed a handful of friends, asking them if their children had something they wanted to say to President – elect Barack Obama. Those friends forwarded the email to their friends—and within six weeks, Kluger and Tabatsky had received nearly one thousand submissions. In the end, the same infectious enthusiasm that had fueled the Obama campaign itself produced this landmark book, Dear President Obama: Letters of Hope from Children Across America (Beckham Publications Group), a remarkable collection written and illustrated by 179 children from all regions of the country.
What a great idea for a book. A lot of times our children’s voices go unheard and to gather up their thoughts during a historic time in our lives is priceless. The 179 contributors to Dear President Obama (ages 4 through 18), come from 29 states, representing all regions of the country. They sent their letters and drawings to us by email, snail mail and fax—and one even zapped her letter directly from her iPhone.
Some kids wrote their letters in longhand, some used a keyboard, and a few even dictated theirs over the phone. Still, others chose colored pencils and crayons to express themselves. You really need to see this book up close to get the full impact that it has on on children.
After being given a copy to review I have to say that this book, for me, was somewhat of an eye opener. Because I never really stopped to think what the younger kids thought or how they felt about what was going on around them. And this is so very important to them and their future. It also opened up a great channel of communication with myself and my kids. Being able to discuss how they are feeling or what they would like to see President Obama accomplish has been absolutely wonderful.
I am excited to say that I have also been given the opportunity to host a giveaway of a copy of Dear President Obama to one lucky Dirty Shirt reader, so you too can share with their children. Please see rules below to enter today…
Giveaway
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This giveaway will run through midnight on July 31, with winner being announced the morning of August 1. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
My son is really interested in President Obama – he’d love this book!!
I would share this with my nieces. Thanks for the chance.
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I’d love to share this book with all the students in the Middle School and the High School where I work.
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I would share this book with my daughter.Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
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I would share this with my 5 year old son. He loves Obama!
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I would love to read this to my son.
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I would share this with my son Andrew
This book seems great-I would share it with my niece. Thanks
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I would give this to my nephew. He is a huge Obama fan!
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My son would love this.
I’m actually going to host a contest of this too, but I’d love to enter (since I don’t have a physical copy) to share with some of the younger kids I know.
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I would share this with my book group as I would want everyone to have a chance to read it.
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I would actually share this with my mom because we share all books
I would share this with my daughter! And I am linking to this giveaway in my sidebar…
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I would share the book with both of my daughters!
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I would share this book with my niece.. She is 7. I know she would love it.. Also with my Daycare kiddos..
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I would probably give this to my father, who is known around here as “Grandpa”. This would be perfect for him in so many ways. This sounds like a FAB book!
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I would share this book with my niece.
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I’d end up sharing this book with every one. I’d read it, then pass it on to my dad, and he’d pass it on to my sister, and she’d pass it on to one of her friends, etc, etc. I’d get it back eventually. though. I usually do.
I’d share this book with my godson..It’s never too early to teach kids about politics..I think it looks like a cute book!
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I would love to share this with my niece and nephew.
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I would give this book to my son! He LOVES Obama!
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Just a note that I’ve posted about this on Winning Readings:
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I would share this with my daughter & son, who would both love it! They asked so many questions & were very interested in the whole process during the last presidential campaign!
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I am personally interested in this book since I worked with my son’s teacher this past year, Mrs. Nicole Cavalieri and the children in her class at Coman Hill School on a book entitled “Letters To Obama” which we submitted to Scholastic Publishing. I think it would be great to be the winner of this book–so that I can share it with all the children that worked so hard on writing letters to Obama too. Thanks!
Whoops–I did not realize the giveaway finished up on August 1st. Happy reading!