This book talks about congress. It tells how there is a federal governent as well as a state and local government. It discusses political parties and that federal government is split into three branches. It discusses the two houses and how they share responsibilities. It discusses how there is a majority and minority party in both houses and how the majority party has more power and what that means. It tells how the house of representatives has 435 members and how that number is based on the population. It also discusses some of the functions of the house. It also discusses the senate and how it has 100 members (giving each state equal representation) and some of senates functions. The book also discusses the committee process.

I liked this book, it had somewhat interesting pictures to go along with the dialogue. It seemed like it would hold the attention of a child in upper elementary grades easily. I found this book when we were doing our group presentation on voting books and thought it would be good for learning about one of the branches of government.

I would of course use this for a government section. It would be good to go over one of the branches of government as well as how congress is run. You could use it to discuss how the two houses work together to get things done. You could go over what happens when the to houses disagree and what has to be done to find middle ground (or what is done if a compromise can't be made).