Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg (Who Did It First?)
by Rob Sanders (Author) Levi Hastings (Illustrator)
Get to know Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a first-of-his-kind candidate running for a one-of-a-kind office, in Rob Sanders' inspiring picture book biography, featuring illustrations by Levi Hastings.
When Pete Buttigieg announced he was running for president, he became the first openly gay candidate to run for the Democratic party's presidential nomination and the first millennial ever to pursue the office. But before the nation knew him as "Mayor Pete," he was a boy growing up in a Rust Belt town, a kid who dreamed of being an astronaut, and a high schooler who wondered about a life of public service. Without a doubt, no one could have imagined who Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, the boy who lived in a two-story house on College Street, would become.
Through victories and defeats, and the changes that the seasons bring, the young boy from South Bend grew into a man devoted to helping others. Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg celebrates the life of an American who dared to be the first and who imagined a better world for everyone.
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Publishers Weekly
Recurring motifs lend Sanders's forthright narrative a quality that's reflected in Hastings's digital illustrations. Buttigieg's political life is pithily sorted into wins and losses (a failed bid for high school treasurer is followed by his election as class president, and he becomes mayor of South Bend, Ind., after an unsuccessful run for state treasurer). Given the timing of the book's publication, the 2020 U.S. presidential candidate's most recent political foray is not included in detail, but Sanders closes on a hopeful, open-ended note. Back matter capsulizes the ways in which the politician, in sync with the series title, "did it first": being the first millennial, candidate "married to a partner of the same gender," and veteran of the Afghanistan war to run for U.S. president. An accessible and informative picture book biography. Ages 4-8. (July)
Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.School Library Journal
K-Gr 3--"Only time will tell who Pete Buttigieg...will become." This recurrent phrase expresses the theme of this admiring overview of the life of the first openly gay presidential candidate. Sanders ably describes important stepping stones in Buttigieg's life, from his childhood in South Bend, IN, to Harvard and beyond--Tunisia, England, and Chicago--before his return to South Bend, where his early political career was interrupted by his Naval Reserve service in Afghanistan. Sanders notes parallel political life experiences: losing an election in high school before being elected senior class president and losing an election in Indiana before being elected mayor of South Bend. Public service is a major theme throughout the book, but so is Buttigieg's personal identity. The importance of Buttigieg's candidacy is emphasized by the cover's tagline "first-of-his-kind man running." The back matter includes a guide to the pronunciation of Buttigieg, the requirements to become president, a time line, and selected sources. Hastings's digitally created art often shows the former mayor with diverse crowds, reinforcing the writer's reference to South Bend as "a community that welcomed all people." VERDICT An important picture book biography to add to school and public library collections.--Kathleen Isaacs, Children's Literature Specialist, Pasadena, MD
Copyright 2020 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.Review quotes
An important picture book biography. -School Library Journal
Be inspired by the life of Pete Buttigieg. -Kirkus Reviews
An accessible and informative picture book biography. -Publishers Weekly
JNF025180 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/State & Local
JNF053080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | LGBT
Veterans
Politics and government
Presidents
Gay men
Indiana
Mayors
Election
Afghan War, 2001-
2020
Buttigieg, Pete
South Bend
South Bend (Ind.)
