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Syd Sobel

10/26/2016

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            The coming elections provide a good opportunity to teach your children how the government works.  North Potomac author Syl Sobel specializes in these kinds of books.  He has written Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts, How the U.S. Government Works and four other books about politics.
 
            Sobel recently retired after working for over 30 years as the Director of Publications at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC. When his older daughter was in first grade, she asked him to write a book explaining how the government works.  Then, his younger daughter asked him to write another book about the presidents.
 
            Four more books followed: The U.S. Constitution and You, The Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, and Our Pledge of Allegiance. Sobel also has a blog called "Civics & Civility."
 
            Growing up, Dr. Seuss was Sobel’s favorite children's book author.  At an early age, he read books about U.S. History, especially World War II since his father was a WWII veteran.  He also enjoyed biographies about the Founding Fathers.
 
            Syl Sobel feels that the Noyes Library for Young Children is so important because "A child can go anywhere and learn about anything by reading.  And reading improves writing."  Read more about Sobel on his website http://www.sylsobel.com/.  Check out his books at Montgomery County Public Libraries.
  

By Beth Meyer for the November/December issue of the Make.More.Noyes Community Update
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