Here is a lively, informative book about why voting is important to all Americans.

Our Election Day can be traced back to the days of ancient Greece. Only men were allowed to vote then. They made their chose by putting stones in a big box. A black stone meant no, and a white one meant yes.

Mary Kay Phelan has chosen interesting customs from many other countries, and from Colonial America, too, to show how our present Election Day has developed. She explains the importance of the right to cast a free and secret ballot, as Americans do today.

Robert Quackenbush's bright, gay illustrations reflect the excitement of election days throughout history.

From the dust jacket