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Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents twenty stories featuring the United States presidents when they were children, including William Taft's dance lessons, Lyndon Johnson's classroom pranks, and Gerald Ford's struggles with dyslexia.
3) Presidents!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Truth Sleuth guides readers through a series of truths (and lies) about American presidents."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"What's so weird about U.S. presidents? Plenty! Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a great wrestler? That Ulysses S. Grant got a speeding ticket riding his horse--twice! Or that Benjamin Harrison was afraid of electricity? And let's not forget that President McKinley had a pet parrot that whistled 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' duets with him! In this new single-subject Weird But True book, you'll have a blast learning that there's a lot of substance--and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, An Imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that Theodore Roosevelt was shot before a rally, and went on to give his speech with the bullet in his chest? Or that he skinny-dipped in the Potomac River? Bet you didn't know that he had a zebra, a lion, and a one-legged rooster at the White House! Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the larger-than-life president, from his childhood and his Rough Rider days to his rise to politics...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"What if all of the presidents were online? From how they grew up to how they led, learn what historians know about these incredible leaders and find out what they're saying to each other! Just flip the page to follow the leaders! Was Teddy Roosevelt a cute kid in his Throwback Thursday photos? Whose no-shave November facial hair is better, Lincoln's or Taft's? Just how many selfies did JFK take in the oval office?"--Page [4] cover.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Historians tell the stories of tragic and untimely presidential deaths, but often forgotten are the near misses. JFK and his fellow servicemen spent six days on a desert island with only coconuts to eat after a deadly attack during WWII. Abe Lincoln was forced to take a train trip in disguise while America's first female detective worked to foil an early assassination attempt. And when Andrew Jackson was attacked by an upset citizen who had been...
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