So You Want to be President
by Judith George
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Widely assigned — 3 curriculum lists · 2 states
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
So You Want to be President by Judith George is assigned in US schools at grades k–3. It appears across 3 curriculum references and 2 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where So You Want to be President is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades K–3
- First published
- 2000
- Genre
- Caldecott Medal
- ISBN-13
- 9780439317566
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Why widely assigned
This Caldecott Medal title, typically at grades k–3. Written in the 2000s; cited across 3 curriculum frameworks.
Where this book is assigned
Caldecott Medal
- recommended·Kindergarten gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2001 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·1st gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2001 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·2nd gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2001 Caldecott Medal winner
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2001 Caldecott Medal winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
- recommended·3rd grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2002 winner (3-5)
- recommended·4th grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2002 winner (3-5)
- recommended·5th grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 2002 winner (3-5)
Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania)
- recommended·3rd grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2001-2002 winner (3-6)
- recommended·4th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2001-2002 winner (3-6)
- recommended·5th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2001-2002 winner (3-6)
- recommended·6th grade · Pennsylvaniasource: Mountain Laurel Book Award / Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award — PSLA past winners list, 2001-2002 winner (3-6)
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Common questions
- What grade level is So You Want to be President?
- So You Want to be President is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–3. It appears on 3 school reading lists across 2 states, from kindergarten to grade 6. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- What curricula assign So You Want to be President?
- So You Want to be President appears on reading lists for Caldecott Medal, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania). Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is So You Want to be President banned in schools?
- So You Want to be President does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades K–3 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 3 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 2 states ELA frameworks or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner, book-club.