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The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President

Amy June Bates, Doris Kearns Goodwin

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The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President

by Amy June Bates, Doris Kearns Goodwin   |  Ages 8-12
The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President
The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President

Four childhoods that shaped American presidents

This feels like history made human, showing famous presidents first as kids with flaws, struggles, and big personalities. Doris Kearns Goodwin makes leadership feel less like myth and more like something shaped over time. It’s a great pick for curious readers who want inspiring true stories without losing the drama of real history.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President

by Amy June Bates, Doris Kearns Goodwin   |  Ages 8-12
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ISBN: 9781665925723
Authors: Amy June Bates, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date of Publication: 2024-09-10
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Young Readers, Educational
Related Topics: Reference, Guided Reading, Leveled Readers
Goodreads rating: 4.48
(rated by 267 readers)

Description

From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and leading historian Doris Kearns Goodwin comes a definitive middle-grade guide to Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson and how they became leaders. Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Lyndon B. Johnson. They grew up and lived in very different worlds—Lincoln was poor and uneducated; his frontier cabin home deep in the harsh wilderness; Theodore Roosevelt hailed from an elegant home in the heart of New York City and traveled the world with his family; Franklin D. Roosevelt loved the outdoors surrounding his family’s rural estate where he was the center of attention; and Lyndon B. Johnson’s modest childhood home had no electricity or running water, but provided a window into Texas politics. So how did each of them do it—rise to become President of the United States? What did these four kids have individually—and have in common—that made them the ones to lead the country through some of its most turbulent times?
 

Four childhoods that shaped American presidents

This feels like history made human, showing famous presidents first as kids with flaws, struggles, and big personalities. Doris Kearns Goodwin makes leadership feel less like myth and more like something shaped over time. It’s a great pick for curious readers who want inspiring true stories without losing the drama of real history.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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