The story brings to life a lively Presidents' Day museum visit by a class and their whimsical companion Burt. The museum guide, Miss Buff, proceeds to disseminate historical trivia about various Presidents, much to the students' fascination, while Burt adds a twist by conjuring up gnome equivalents. The day ends on a light note with a pun about how gnomes receive their nominations to run for the presidency.
The story contains around 800 words. This story is written at an elementary school reading level, suitable for students in grades 2-4 who are beginning to read chapter books independently. It uses simple sentence structures and introduces basic historical facts about US presidents. It uses a few complex words and phrases such as: "Presidents' Day," "museum," "displays," "excited," "verses," "cheerful," "history," "mysteries," "unusual," "display," "celebrate," "Declaration of Independence," "mastodon," "Theodore Roosevelt," "national parks," "Calvin Coolidge," "nickname," "Franklin Delano Roosevelt," "candidates," and "gnomination." The story contains educational content that provides children with knowledge about past presidents.