Product: If the Walls Could Talk : Family Life at the White House
Category: Presidents Day
Books for Kids
ISBN: 0689868634
Age: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary
If the Walls Could Talk : Family Life at the White House by
Jane O'Connor, Gary Hovland
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.
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