Audiobook12 minutes
President Pennybaker
Written by Kate Feiffer
Narrated by John McDonough
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Kate Feiffer is the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer. In President Pennybaker, Luke Pennybaker is sick of chores, school, and homework. Life just doesn't seem fair! So Luke decides it's time for a kid president, and during a time-out in his room he gets the idea for a "Pennies for Pennybaker" campaign. He gets a lot more support than expected-but is he really ready to be President Pennybaker?
Author
Kate Feiffer
Kate Feiffer, a former television news producer, is an illustrator, and author of eleven highly acclaimed books for children, including Henry the Dog with No Tail and My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life. Morning Pages is her first novel for adults. Kate currently divides her time between Martha’s Vineyard, where she raised her daughter Maddy, and New York City, where she grew up.
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Reviews for President Pennybaker
Rating: 3.29999998 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
15 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5After a trying experience with his father, in which he isn't allowed to watch television, even after completing all the tasks required of him, Luke Pennybaker come to conclusion, as have many before him, that life is unfair. Deciding that he will make it fair, he runs for President of the USA, with his dog Lily as his Vice Presidential candidate. As he explains to a reporter, he is not a member of either the Democratic or Republican Party, but he is a member of the birthday party. But when Luke and Lily win by a landslide, our hero discovers that being the President isn't everything it's cracked up to be...I had mixed feelings about President Pennybaker, which features a story by Kate Feiffer and watercolor artwork by Diane Goode, an author/illustrator team who also collaborated on the amusing My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life. On the one hand, I can see that the premise is meant to be humorous, and taps into that universal childhood feeling that limitations are unfair, and adults sometimes unreasonable and inconsistent. The artwork, as is usually the case with Diane Goode, is delightfully charming. On the other hand, there is a general pettiness to the instances of unfairness that Luke decries, and a smallness to what he promises the people of the country. I imagine some will think it's cute, and appropriate for children, but I couldn't help but think, as I read through, that children are often disproportionately affected by real unfairness, and there isn't (sadly) anything unchild-like for many young people, in worrying about such things as poverty or abuse. I did like that Luke realizes that what he really wants after all is to be a normal kid again, but all in all, this one didn't really hit the mark for me, and I prefer such titles as Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's Duck for President or Ben Clanton's Vote for Me, when it comes to picture-books about elections.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sweet and to the point...life isn't fair. Sometimes even when you do all your chores you still don't get the "prize." And even being the President doesn't change this simple fact of life.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is great for first grade and up. I used it to open up a writing piece with my students about what they would do if they were President. Works perfect for election time and to send the message of how tough the President's job is.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Luke Pennybaker has decided that life isn't fair, and he is going to run for president of the United States in order to make it fair. Younger kids may enjoy rooting for Luke as he makes his campaign proposals, although his version of fair is more along the lines of “kids get what they want.” By the end of the book Luke comes to realize that being president entails responsibility, which isn't fair either. The art is rather simple, with lots of white space on most of the pages. The enthusiastic crowds contain both children and adults acting like children, but there are those who would say this is the closest the book comes to representing reality. Pages with large sections of text position this book as for those about to transition away from picture books. For the child who wishes life were more fair, this is an enjoyable journey that ends with a laugh.