Let's Celebrate Election Day
Holidays & Heroes
فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2018
Lexile Score
800
Reading Level
3-4
نویسنده
Barbara deRubertisناشر
Kane Pressشابک
9781635920567
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
July 15, 2018
An explanation of what general voting is for and why it is important.In unusually (for the audience) frank if bare-bones fashion, deRubertis briefly chronicles the "long and bumpy" pursuit of universal suffrage in this country, from the first U.S. elections in which just 1 percent of the populace was qualified to vote at all up to the 30 percent turnout that resulted in 2016's presidential debacle. Rightly observing that having a legal right to vote and being allowed to exercise it are two very different things, she charts the slow extension of the franchise to ethnic minorities and women (as well as a federal court's retrograde 2000 exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico and other territories); names the first African-Americans, Native Americans, woman, and Chinese-American to be elected to the U.S. Senate; and surveys the civil rights protests that led to 1975's expanded Voting Rights Act. Though she focuses largely on federal elections, state and local ones receive some attention. The Electoral College, voter-record security issues, and political parties go unmentioned, but the author does highlight low turnouts as a significant issue before closing with an eloquent summation of voting's importance in a democratic society. Age, race, and gender diversity were plainly important considerations in choosing the generous selection of period portraits and scenes and recent stock photos, including the striking cover image of a smiling black woman at a podium. Important background for prospective voters. (Nonfiction. 7-10)
COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
September 15, 2018
Grades 2-5 The colorful books in the Holidays & Heroes series present overviews of the origins, history, and current practices associated with specific holidays. There's no cookie-cutter approach here. DeRubertis organizes each book in a way that suits its topic, while writing clearly and using short sentences effectively. Each double-page spread includes several brief paragraphs of text and two or three well-chosen pictures, including portraits, period illustrations, and photos. Besides explaining the process and the importance of voting, Election Day lays out the gradual expansion of American voting rights through the elimination or reduction of restrictions based on religion, property holding, race, sex, national origin, and age. An attractive, informative series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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