What Is Congress?, Jill Abramson
What Is Congress?, Jill Abramson
List: $6.99 | Sale: $4.90
Club: $3.49

What Is Congress?

Author: Jill Abramson, Who HQ

Series: What Was?

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021


Synopsis

Whether Congress is in session or not, here is an enthralling overview about the branch of our government closest to average Americans.

Best-selling adult author and the first woman to become executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson is a self-confessed political junkie. Now she has written the book she wishes she'd had as a young reader. Explaining clearly and concisely what exactly Congress does, this audiobook edition is peppered with fascinating stories, including the bloody beating in the Senate of a lawmaker in pre-Civil War days, the Watergate hearings, and Senator Joe McCarthy's shameful "witch hunt" of Communists. Kids may start considering a career in Congress themselves when they learn fun facts, such as the special "candy desk" in the Senate, and the fact that all lawmakers can bring their dogs to work!

Listeners will be excited to hear this latest additon to this #1 New York Times Best-Selling series.

About The Author

Jill Abramson has had an illustrious career in journalism. She teaches journalism at Harvard, but most importantly, she is the younger sister of Jane O'Connor, who edited this book. She lives in Madison, Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen

In none of the other books in this series have I seen the political bias as I see it in this book. The basics of how Congress works are there in the beginning, then there seems to be a shift to a lot about Civil Rights, and some of the more notorious members of American politics rather than discussi......more

Read this to my fifth-grade class. I wish it went more into the committees. It would have been better to have a bit more content and explanation for students. It jumps around to cover a wide time frame and maybe would have been better focusing on a century at a time to create a mini-series within th......more

Goodreads review by Roberta

A concise description for young adults or anyone to learn what is entailed with how things work in Congress. Well done.......more