Synopses & Reviews
Playful political poems about the penchants and peccadilloes of the presidents! Sure, William Taft got stuck in his tub, but did you know that John Quincy Adams used to skinny-dip in the Potomac? Herbert Hoover spoke Chinese with his wife, and Gerald Ford had his name changed from Leslie Lynch King. Itand#8217;s true! In The Presidentand#8217;s Stuck in the Bathtub, the lives of the presidents are served up as fact-filled and fanciful poems that will make you laugh, cringe, and gasp with amazement at the colorful cast of men and women who have lived in the White House. With footnotes relating the facts behind the inspiration for each poem, and a section called and#8220;Presidential Notes and Quotesand#8221; in the back, this is one hilarious history lesson that kids will elect to read over and over again!
Review
Praise for Where Do Presidents Come From? * "It's hard enough to cover the American presidency-from its origins in the Revolutionary War to the structure of our government, through presidential responsibilities, and into the story of the White House itself-but to pack in amusing historical anecdotes that invite young readers to branch out in their reading, and to populate it with humorous bunnies, annoyed robots, and recurring gags that maintain their amusement without becoming tedious, is a unique achievement. The data, supported with a bibliography of sources, is the most thorough treatment of this subject available in this format, and the loopy caricatures and cartoonishly feverish depictions of places and events don't undermine the information, but miraculously serve to keep interest percolating through some high-density pages that touch on everything from George Washington's teeth to crucial constitutional amendments to presidential assassinations. An absolute necessity for school libraries." Booklist, starred review
"So chock-full of interesting tidbits and anecdotes that kids will no doubt find it useful to supplement their American history studies." -School Library Journal
Review
"Humorous yet informative. . . . These sorts of details are just the kind to pique young readersand#8217; interests. . . . Sure to be popular."and#8212;Booklist "Katz takes playful swings at U.S. presidents in poems as funny as they are informative...an unexpected and diverting look at presidents past and present."--Publishers Weekly "In forty-three poems, Katz gives each of our U.S. presidents their due."--Horn Book, starred review
Synopsis
The kids in Ms. Brandt's class are doing another group report-this time on all forty-three presidents of the United States, one per page. The book is current through the 2004 presidential election and includes two fill-in pages for kids to record its outcome. There is also a floor plan of the White House, a list of presidential perks, and lots of interesting info about all the presidents, from George Washington to George W. Each page is jam-packed with trivia, fun facts, handwritten captions, and information on the historical events of each presidency. Written by a team of well-known author/artists, this 64-page Smart About book is a great resource for kids.
Synopsis
Kids will love discovering the floor plan of the White House, a list of presidential perks, and lots of interesting info about all the presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama. (Did you know he is the only president born in Hawaii?) Each page is jam-packed with trivia, fun facts, and information on the historical events of each presidency.
Synopsis
Did you know John Quincy Adams used to skinny-dip in the Potomac? Herbert Hoover used to speak Chinese with his wife. And Gerald Ford had his name changed from Leslie Lynch King. In
The President's Stuck in the Bathtub,and#160;the lives of the presidents areand#160;served up as 43and#160;witty poems spanning virtually all of American history, and reminding us of the colorful men and women who have lived in the White House. With footnotes relating the facts behind the inspiration for each poem, and a section called, "Presidential Notes and Quotes" in the back, this book is one hilarious history lesson.
Synopsis
So You Want to Be President meets
The Far Side!
Just in time for the 2012 election, Michael Townsend presents his comic book guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and maybe a few things you didn't!) about the President of the United States. It's full of insanely weird facts about our leaders (Did you know that President Coolidge had a pet pygmy hippo named Billy?), as well as the history and powers of the presidency, day-to-day life, and pros and cons of the job. Even the most mundane of facts become hilarious in this brilliantly cheeky guide to our nation's MVP.
Synopsis
So You Want to Be President meets
The Far Side!
Just in time for the 2012 election, Michael Townsend presents his comic book guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and maybe a few things you didn't!) about the President of the United States. It's full of insanely weird facts about our leaders (Did you know that President Coolidge had a pet pygmy hippo named Billy?), as well as the history and powers of the presidency, day-to-day life, and pros and cons of the job. Even the most mundane of facts become hilarious in this brilliantly cheeky guide to our nation's MVP.
About the Author
Susan Katz discovered, while working on this book, that not all American presidents were very funny people, and she found herself doing more research for this one project than for all her other books put together.and#160; Luckily this effort was rewarded with a fresh respect for the basic humanity of all our presidents and a new tendency to smile while voting.
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Susan's other Clarion book, Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems, was an Oprah pick, a Texas 2 X 2 Award winner, a selection of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, and the winner of the 2010 Utah Children's Poetry Book Beehive Award.and#160;She lives in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with her husband, David, and a cat assistant, Harvey, who closely supervises her writing from the vantage point of her lap.and#160;She can be found online in the Authors section of http:\\usawrites4kids.drury.edu/.
Robert Neubecker's first book for children, Wow!and#160;City! won an ALA Notable Book award for 2005. A growing list of books have followed, including Beasty Bath, Wow!and#160;America!, Wow!and#160;School!, and Courage of the Blue Boy.and#160;He hasand#160;illustrated many books by other authors, includingand#160;Monsters on Machinesand#160;by Deb Lund andand#160;I Got Two Dogs with John Lithgow.and#160;His new book, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth, has alreadyand#160;received three starred reviews.