| If the Walls Could Talk: Family Life at the White House Contributor(s): O'Connor, Jane (Author), Hovland, Gary (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689868634 ISBN-13: 9780689868634 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2004 Annotation: Told by the walls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the funny, true, and all-too-human stories of some of the presidents and their families who have lived in the White House over the past two centuries are related. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Topics) - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General |
| Dewey: 973.099 |
| LCCN: 2004004832 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.3" W x 10.2" (1.15 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 82081 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In case you've ever wondered, the walls at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have eyes and ears -- and, what's more, they don't miss a thing. Now, listen up because the walls have a thing or two to tell you! During President John Tyler's presidency, the White House was such a mess that it was called the Public Shabby House. President William Howard Taft was so large that he had to have a jumbo-size bathtub installed -- one big enough for four people. President Andrew Jackson's open door policy at the White House resulted in 20,000 people showing up for his inauguration party. (The new president escaped to the quiet of a nearby hotel!) President Abraham Lincoln didn't mind at all that his younger sons, Tad and Willie, kept pet goats in their White House bedrooms. Children all across the country sent in their own money to build an indoor swimming pool for wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt so that he could exercise. President Harry S. Truman knew it was time to renovate the White House after a leg on his daughter's piano broke right through the floor. Hear these funny, surprising stories and more about the most famous home in America and the extraordinary families who have lived in it. |