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Books like Presidents

Readers who finished Presidents by James Barber and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Presidents & First Families (U.S.), Politics & Government, Political, and Juvenile Nonfiction.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Presidents.

Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary — Martha Brockenbrough

Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary

Martha Brockenbrough

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

White House Kids The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidents’ Children — Joe Rhatigan

White House Kids The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidents’ Children

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Abe Lincoln Grows Up — Carl Sandburg

Abe Lincoln Grows Up

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Alexander Hamilton — Libby Romero

Alexander Hamilton

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Cheer Up, Ben Franklin! — Misti Kenison

Cheer Up, Ben Franklin!

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Warren G. Harding — Heidi M. D. Elston

Warren G. Harding — Heidi M. D. Elston

Heidi M D Elston

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Thomas Jefferson The Revolution of Ideas — R. B. Bernstein

Thomas Jefferson The Revolution of Ideas

R. B. Bernstein

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia — Philip Parker

The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

A Time to Act John F. Kennedy’s Big Speech — Shana Corey

A Time to Act John F. Kennedy’s Big Speech

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

The Young Oxford Companion to the Presidency of the United States — Richard M. Pious

The Young Oxford Companion to the Presidency of the United States

Richard M. Pious

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Mary Todd Lincoln — Joanne Mattern

Mary Todd Lincoln

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

The Impeachment of Donald Trump — Sue Bradford Edwards

The Impeachment of Donald Trump

Sue Bradford Edwards

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Political

Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery — Russell Freedman

Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery

Russell Freedman

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Thomas Jefferson: Declarar nuestra libertad Declarar nuestra libertad — Jeanne Cummings Dustman

Thomas Jefferson: Declarar nuestra libertad Declarar nuestra libertad

Jeanne Cummings Dustman

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Amazing Mr. Franklin, Or, The Boy who Read Everything — Ruth Ashby

The Amazing Mr. Franklin, Or, The Boy who Read Everything

Themes: Politics & Government • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Thank You for Voting The Past, Present, and Future of Voting — Erin Geiger Smith

Thank You for Voting The Past, Present, and Future of Voting

Erin Geiger Smith

Themes: Politics & Government • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Robert F. Kennedy — Marc Aronson

Robert F. Kennedy

Themes: Politics & Government • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Thank You for Voting Young Readers’ Edition The Past, Present, and Future of Voting — Erin Geiger Smith

Thank You for Voting Young Readers’ Edition The Past, Present, and Future of Voting

Erin Geiger Smith

Themes: Politics & Government • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Who Was Abraham Lincoln? — Janet B. Pascal

Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

Janet B. Pascal

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Trump Presidency — John Allen

The Trump Presidency

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Juvenile Nonfiction

A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln — David A. Adler

A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Juvenile Nonfiction

A Boy Named FDR How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America — Kathleen Krull

A Boy Named FDR How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Groundbreaking Guys 40 Men Who Became Great by Doing Good — Stephanie True Peters

Groundbreaking Guys 40 Men Who Became Great by Doing Good

Stephanie True Peters

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Political • Juvenile Nonfiction

Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times — David Rubel

Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times

Themes: Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • Politics & Government • Juvenile Nonfiction

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Presidents & First Families (U.S.), Politics & Government, Political — the same threads that run through Presidents by James Barber. Among the authors featured: Martha Brockenbrough, Joe Rhatigan, Carl Sandburg, Libby Romero, and others.

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