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Kid presidents : true tales of childhood from America's presidents / David Stabler; illustrations by Doogie Horner.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594747311
- Physical Description: 215 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2014]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Purchased with a gift in honor of the library's 50th anniversary from the Friends of the Whitehall Township Public Library 2015. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Meet the presidents of the United States -- Introduction -- Ulysses S. Grant, the horseback kid -- Theodore Roosevelt and the Broadway seal -- Richard Nixon and the size 9 boots of doom -- Jimmy Carter, arrowhead hunter -- Bill Clinton and the red, white, and blue sax -- George Washington, kid of the wild frontier -- Andrew Jackson, the littlest patriot -- Herbert Hoover, boy of the Osage -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and his day of freedom -- Barack Obama, new kid in town -- Abraham Lincoln and the not-so-wicked stepmother -- Dwight Eisenhower and his three lessons of leadership -- John F. Kennedy and the bullying big brother -- Lyndon Johnson, class clown -- Gerald Ford, the angriest boy in the world -- Ronald Reagan, near-sighted superhero -- 44 facts about 44 presidents -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Target Audience Note: | 950L Lexile 4-6 |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader LG 6.5 3 3 172160 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | JUV 973.099 STABLER (Text) | 50687011470641 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | J973.099 STA (Text) | 33240005035517 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | J 973.099 STA (Text) | 33249021510700 | Children's Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Knoxville Public Library | J 973.09 STA (Text) | 30543003715623 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lehighton Area Memorial Library | J 973.099 STA (Text) | 30445100189464 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Wales Area Library | J Stabler (Text) | 35410000530899 | NWAL Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | J B9 STA (Text) | 34422006841445 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Somerset County Library | J 973.09 STA (Text) | 35907001687370 | SOCM Juv Non Fiction | In Transit | - |
| Southern Lehigh Public Library | J 973.099 STA (Text)
Bookplate:
This item was purchased with funds donated by Kiwanis Club of Southern Lehigh in honor of the "When I Grow Up...Anything is Possible!" program, 2015.
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30044100674177 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Taylor Community Library | JUV 973.099 STABLER (Text) | 50692010836651 | Juv Nonfiction | Available | - |
