The Kid Who Ran for President

By: Dan Gutman

Narrated by: Scott Shina

Some kids want to be President when they grow up. Twelve-year-old Judson Moon wants to be President right now! "Grown-ups have had a thousand years to mess up the world," Judson explains. "Now it's our turn." But running for President is hard. You have to kiss a zillion babies and shake a zillion hands, and say a zillion 'hellos'." There's the tough decision about which girl in your school you should ask to be First Babe. Also, selling 80 million cups of lemonade is a slow way to finance a campaign. And there's an unfair constitutional provision against kids running for President that needs to be changed.

Dan Gutman's entertaining account of Judson's quest for the White House slyly mixes lessons about U.S. history and government with a story full of unexpected twists. Scott Shina's hilarious narration will have listeners laughing as they hum "Hail to the Chief".

©1996 Dan Gutman (P)2001 Recorded Books

Fun book, for children of all ages!

If you could sum up The Kid Who Ran for President in three words, what would they be?

Although I was 55 when I read it, I enjoyed it very much. With a very depressing presidential election, it was nice to listen to a book that put a lighter touch on politics.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The main character because he reminds of me at his age. I ran for office when I was 18, which was when I could first legally vote. I totally understand the characters in this story!

Have you listened to any of Scott Shina’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not that I know of.

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The only way I could do that was if you had to do a lot more work and then you would be done by yourself so you would be fine and then I could just go home to you if I needed you and You would have a little more money and I could go home to get my stuff out and you would just be home to take a nap or whatever and I could just do that I just have a little extra work and then you can do it and then you would just go to work or something like you know what you know and you could just do whatever I just don’t know how much you need and you could just go to sleep over there I just have a lot more money to get out and then I can go home to get ready for the kids to do it and I can go get my car and I don’t have a lot more work for me to get ready and I don’t want you can do that would help you have to do that I just want you know what I can help me and then you know I don’t want you can just be careful I love and then you can do that you can just say I love and I’ll do that and then I can help with the kids and I don’t want you can just be like you can just do whatever I don’t want you can do it I just want to make it work for you to be happy for you to have fun with your friends or something and you don’t need me and you can do it for yourself I just want it for myself I just don’t know how you want to be with your life and your family I just want you know I don’t know how much you want me and you don’t want me and you want me and I’m just saying I want you know I don’t know what I want to do you want me and you don’t know how much you don’t want me and you know what you want to do whatever I want you to do it I want you to do whatever I want you and you don’t care what I want to be with me to do it and you don’t even care what I want you don’t want you don’t want you don’t even want you don’t want me and you want me to be happy for me I want you want you don’t want me and you know what I don’t want you want me and you want me I want to do what I don’t want you want me and you want me I want to do that and you don’t have a relationship and you want to do it but I want you and you don’t have to be in a bad mood I want to do it I don’t know how you don’t know how I feel I want you know that you know that I’m just not trying and you don’t know that I’m not going nowhere to you and I’m just saying that I want you know I don’t know how you want me and you don’t know what to say that you know what you want to do it I want you know what you don’t know how you don’t know I want you to be with you don’t want you don’t want you don’t want me and you want me I want to do it and you don’t care what I don’t know how to say it just say that you don’t know how much you don’t want me and you know what I want you don’t know

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great book. great story. he could have made all the progressive changes though. but then again, he didn't understand the issues yet. so can't complain.

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it's a great book and to think when the book came out the book was in the same year 1998 or 1999 or 2000. U would definitely own the book but I like it read to me so when I am bored and don't want to read the book I can listen to the book and it has a great story w iui tj characters you can remember.

The The author's voice was great! We read this in my fourth grade classroom.

We liked that the reader had a man voice., and gave us a better perspective of the story. We wanted to hear more expression in the reader's voice.