Grover Cleveland (Profiles of the Presidents) [Library Binding]

Jean Kinney Williams (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Profiles of the Presidents

A biography of the twenty-second president of the United States, detailing his personal life and public service career, from his modest beginnings as a minister's son to his two terms as president.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Compass Point Books (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756502691
• ISBN-13: 978-0756502690
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,553,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb first juvenile biography about Grover Cleveland, June 24, 2003

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This review is from: Grover Cleveland (Profiles of the Presidents) (Library Binding)

I am not sure if there is a rhyme or reason to the order in which the Profiles of Presidents series is publishing its volumes. I have been working steadily through juvenile biographies of the presidents in alphabetical order (just to be different) and now that I am consistently encountering Profiles of the Presidents volumes on Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt I have been trying to go back and see which other ones have come out in the earlier part of the alphabet. My motivation is that I find this series to be the best for introducing young readers (i.e., elementary school students) to the lives of the presidents. Once they get to junior high/middle school the Our Presidents series would be the first choice, but when it comes to the first book a kid should read about Grover Cleveland, this volume by Jean Kinnney Williams is where I would point them.

These books combine solid information with compelling graphics. Grover Cleveland is notorious as the only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms (and the second of three candidates to win the popular election three times in a row) at the tail end of the 19th century. While there are some historical black & white photographs from Cleveland's life and political career, you will also find a colorized photograph, tinted etchings, a colorful campaign poster, and even colored picture frames for some of those black & white photographs. However, you will also find that the substance of this volume is not sacrificed to the aesthetics of its presentation. Williams establishes Cleveland as "A Man of Principles" with a choice quotation--"What's the use of being elected or reelected unless you stand for something"--and traces his political rise to the Presidency from being mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. She explains how the political pendulum went back and forth on Cleveland, who could be elected, voted out of office, returned to the White House, and hated when he finally left for good by focusing on the political issues and turmoil of the tile. Young readers should find the story of the Cleveland presidency to be both interesting and insightful beyond the oddity of the non-consecutive terms.