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Sneaky pie for president

Rita Mae Brown · 2012

Explore the age guidance, content cautions, positive qualities, and supporting notes for Sneaky pie for president by Rita Mae Brown. This book is content notes include Strong language, Frightening scenes, Products & advertising; positive qualities include Creativity & curiosity, Good role models.

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Strongest cautions

  • Strong language2/5
  • Frightening scenes1/5
  • Products & advertising1/5

Strongest positives

  • Creativity & curiosity3/5
  • Good role models3/5
  • Positive messages3/5

What’s in it?

Products & advertising1/5
Why this rating?

No significant product placement or commercial push.

Strong language2/5
Why this rating?

Includes mild, infrequent profanity common in contemporary adult fiction.

Romance1/5
Why this rating?

Romantic relationships or crushes are not part of the story’s focus.

Frightening scenes1/5
Why this rating?

The campaign premise is playful rather than frightening, with no sustained peril or threatening figures.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience2/5
Why this rating?

Running for office and speaking up can model confidence and constructive participation without high-risk behavior.

Creativity & curiosity3/5
Why this rating?

The imaginative idea of a cat running for president encourages playful thinking about leadership, politics, and perspective.

Diverse representation1/5
Why this rating?

Diverse range of character personalities within a small-town setting.

Educational value2/5
Why this rating?

It offers an introductory, age-appropriate look at elections, campaigning, and civic ideas rather than formal instruction.

Kindness & empathy2/5
Why this rating?

Kindness and cooperation are central to the characters' interaction.

Positive messages3/5
Why this rating?

It promotes participation, responsible leadership, listening to others, and choosing representatives thoughtfully, in a humorous form.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

The campaign framing presents civic engagement and leadership positively, though the animal characters are intentionally comic and exaggerated.

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  2. Why do you think the characters used the language they did? Did it change how you saw them?
  3. Which choice in Sneaky pie for president would you have made differently, and why?
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