Who Is Barack Obama? by Roberta Edwards / 101 pages. Read in 4 days

This book really gives us the shorter version of who our current black president is and where his background is deeply rooted from and how he became to be such a great leader of our country. It gives the younger version of many books that express the priceless experiences of President Obama. The book begins with how his parents got together, his birth, his estranged relationship with his father, his move from Hawaii to Indonesia, his relationship with his grandfather Gramps and his grandmother Toot, his pet monkey Tata, his love for history, his desire to get to know his family in Kenya, how he met his soul mate, the birth of his children, how he begin to learn what being black in the US meant, the statistics on his run as a the Illinois Senator, his desire to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives and the 67 million votes that helped him win his presidential candidacy. More specifically, the book went into more detail about how President Obama’s mother (Ann) woke him up every day at 4:00 in the morning to give him English Lessons so that one day he could be the influential person he has become today. Barry discovered that his original name Barack was more powerful over others when he gave speeches so he decided to stick with it.  Barack was always concerned with making environmental changes.  In school Barack studied history and law, he learned early on that becoming a lawyer would help get some of the problems changed in the low-income housing environments. Barack eventually became a lawyer to fight for change in the low-income housing environments. While starting a new job at a new firm in Chicago, he met another tough black lawyer that didn’t take any mess from anyone and her name was Michelle Robinson, now recognized as his wife and our First Lady and the mother of our First Black Family in the White House. This book was one of a kind for those that want to know the shorter version of who our black president is and how he made a difference that no one else could do during the past 43 elections. This book can help many non-readers understand the history behind voting and the rights one has as a black voter in the United States. Truly a favorite! For readers age 9 and up.