Want to know more about the voting process and the prize that awaits the winner of the U.S. presidential election in November?

Eyewitness: Vote by Philip Steele travels the world to explain how people have voted throughout history and how various countries hold elections today. This book is from DK Publishing, so you know it’s rich in pictures; it includes a wall chart and CD with clip art for that election project you’re sure to be assigned in October. For ages 9 to 12.

White House Q&A by Denise Rinaldo takes you inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Check out the private movie theater and the children’s handprints in some of the garden paving stones, and become an expert on presidential trivia. For example: What kind of animal was Alice Roosevelt’s pet Emily Spinach? (Hint: Rhymes with rake.) For ages 5 to 9.