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Allison Carothers __ **Internet Search:** __ Title: The Library of Congress presents America’s Story from America’s Library Address: [] Summary: This site allows student’s to discover the stories of America’s past. It is very colorful and provides several illustrations. It is a very kid friendly site. It also provides several links and resources to other kid friendly websites. Title: Kids.gov Address: [] Summary: This site has a section for students and teachers. The student is able to pick what grade level they are in and learn about the different themes appropriate for their grade level. It provides a lot of useful information regarding our government. It also has games and activities for children to do. This site is kid friendly and offers several links to other kid friendly sites. Title: The Gilder Lehman Institute of American History Address: [|http://www.gilderlehrman.org] Summary: The site offers high-quality educational material for teachers, high school and college students, scholars, and the general public. It gives a lot of useful information and resources relating to American History. It provides up-to-date information about the institute’s programs and activities. Title: International Children’s Library: A Library for the World’s Children Address: [|http://en.children’slibrary.org/] Summary: The site offers children’s literature online for free to read. The site was created to support the world’s children in becoming effective members of the global community. It includes children’s literature from all over the world. It provides literature in a variety of different languages. What I really enjoyed about this site was that it had a map of the world and you click on the country you want to read a book from. I thought this site would also be beneficial for ELL/ESOL students. Title: The Department of the Treasury for Kids Address: [] Summary: This site is kid friendly; however, it is for all ages. It gives links to other kid friendly sites. It not only has information regarding past presidents and events, but has current updated information as well. It has colorful illustrations. It provides activities, games, and fun facts for kids. __ **Literature List:** __ Title: So You Want to Be President? Author: Judith St. George Summary: It shows foibles, quirks, and the humanity of 41 men who have risen to serve as United States presidents. The illustrations are funny and colorful. Title: Abe Lincoln Remembers Author: Ann Turner Summary: One evening in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln sits quietly in the White House. He is waiting for his wife to finish getting ready so they can then head to the theatre to see a play. While he waits, he thinks back on his life and the long journey from a small log cabin in Kentucky to the stately White House in Washington. The illustrations are beautiful and historically accurate. Title: Presidents’ Day Author: Laura Alden Summary: The book is about Presidents Day. There are two presidents that are mentioned in the book: Washington and Lincoln. At the end of the book it gives ideas of activities to do with the students. It also includes The Legend of Washington and the Cherry Tree and The True Story of Lincoln’s Beard. Title: Benjamin Franklin Author: Lucia Raatma Summary: It is biography on Benjamin Franklin. It has a timeline of important events in Benjamin’s Franklin’s life. It provides extra resources in the back of the book for students to find additional information on Benjamin Franklin. Title: Abraham Lincoln Author: Wil Mara Summary: It is a short biography on Abe Lincoln. It provides an illustration for each major event that is listed in the book. The print is large and easily readable. At the end of the book it provides important words. For each important word there is an illustration given.

Amanda Scheele October 20, 2009 Internet Search/ Lit List 1) Name of site: Who’s on your $?
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Website address: []

Brief Summary: This website provides pictures of United States money and includes information about who is on each coin or bill. It begins with the penny and goes all the way to the $100,000 bill! It lists who is on the money, which number president they were and the years they served. This would be a great site for teachers to use to get background information before teaching the lesson.

2) Name of site: On the Money

Website address: []

Brief Summary: This website provides a list of all the money that has been printed in the United States. Next to each one is a link to a picture of the coin or bill and information about who was on it. The site provides good biographical information. This would be a good site for teachers to use when looking up information about the people on our money.

3) Name of site: Giant US President Money

Website address: []

Brief Summary: This website is informative and provides great ideas for President’s Day activities. First, it gives a list of the US coins, who is on the front and what is on the back. The back of the coin is something that most people often times forget about. The site provides an activity where students create giant coins while they learn about money and presidents.

4) Name of site: The White House

Website address: []

Brief Summary: This website provides a timeline of the Presidents that you can scroll through. It is a government website so all of the information is accurate. It provides a detailed biography of each President. This can be used as a teacher or student resource depending on grade level. I would say 3rd grade and above would be able to use this resource. The website is also an excellent source on all things relating to our government and The White House.

5) Name of site: Presidents Day Activities

Website address: []

Brief Summary: This website provides many different resources for Presidents’ Day activities. It is conveniently separated by grade level. One activity I found that I liked was a coin matching worksheet. It asks students to draw a line fron the coin to the President’s name that is on the coin. This would be a great wrap up activity after a lesson about the Presidents who are on our money.

 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title: The Story of Abraham Lincoln
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Author: Patricia A. Pingry

Brief Summary: This is a non-fiction book written using simple words, making it good for the primary grades. It tells the life story of Abraham Lincoln. It touches on his childhood, his leadership and some of his accomplishments. It also includes many illustrations. This would be good to place at a reading center.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title: Abraham Lincoln for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activites

Author: Janis Herbert

Brief Summary: This is another non-fiction book that gives a plethora of information about Abraham Lincoln. This book would be good for students in grade 3 and above or it could be used as a teacher resource. I would use it as a resource in my primary classroom because it provides facts I can share with the class and activities we can do together. This is a great active learning book.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title: A. Lincoln and Me

Author: Louise Borden

Brief Summary: This is a historical fiction book that tells the story of a boy who is skinny and not the most normal looking kid. However, he points out the similarities between himself and Abe Lincoln. He realizes that he is not so different after all. This is great book to incorporate comparing and contrasting while learning about the Presidents. So many activities can come out of this book; for example, have students write the similarites and differences they have with a President or other historical figure.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title: Abe Lincoln Remembers

Author: Ann Turner

Brief Summary: This is another historical fiction book about Abaham Lincoln. It is written as a fictionalized biography. Some information is accurate while some of it has been made up to complete the story. It is a great story that tells of his marriage, children and the admiral life he lived.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Title: If I Were President

Author: Catherine Stier

Brief Summary: This is a good book to introduce the roles and responsibilities of the President. It includes six fictatious characters talking about what they would do if they were President. One says, “If I were President…the people would be my boss.” This would be a great book to have at a writing center. Students could form their own “If I were President…” line.

Rachel Lintner Due: October 20, 2009

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Internet Search/ Literature List ** <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msothemecolor: text1; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msothemecolor: text1; text-align: center;">Presidents on Money- 1st Grade <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1; text-align: center;">“One-Cent coin: Abraham Lincoln Nickel: Thomas Jefferson Dime: Franklin D. Roosevelt Quarter: George Washington

George Washington on the $1 bill Abraham Lincoln on the $5 bill Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill”

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">5 Internet Research Resources: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">1. Secrets about the Presidents [] This is a cute website for children to visit during centers. It gives facts about the presidents. There are also links on this site that are beneficial and engaging such as <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“ <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Presidents: The Secret History] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|BackYak] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,  <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Kids for President] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Secrets About the Presidents] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, [and] <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Hit the Trail!] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I believe this would be a great writing topic for our thematic unit lesson on presidents who are on money: What would you do if you were president? What are some qualities that make a good president? = <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">2. <span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontweight: bold; msothemecolor: text1;">Teaching Money Skills Classified by Grade Level: First Grade: Counting Money Worksheets and Lessons = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> I think this is a great resource to incorporate math into the social studies lesson. It speaks about how to use fake money, but as I was reading this resourceful website, I was brainstorming ways to have math and facts about the presidents involved. This would also be beneficial to add to the “president money wallet” that I would like to have the students make. 3. 1st Grade Social Studies Technology Integration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/1history.htm This has so many resources on it! “ The student will describe the stories of American leaders and their contributions to our country, with emphasis on George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington Carver.” It gives certain categories with ideas within the categories so the teacher can pick and choose what he or she needs. The categories include review, interactive, research, Smartboard, Power Points, Kidspiration, United Streaming, lesson plans, assessments, and resources. 4. Webchat Input: http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=4354 I found this website briefly beneficial due to this one tidbit: “ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Could you write a little poem (i.e. just a four-line stanza) for each coin. It could rhyme and include the coin's name, denomination, president, and maybe a little fact about the president. You could also try to work in size/color. Even though the students probably couldn't learn ALL the poems, you could break the class into small groups, and assign each group one poem/coin. They could work together to illustrate it on a poster, then recite the poem for the class and present the poster. You could display all the posters/poems and students could access them throughout the week/month/year. Students would probably like to do coin rubbings of the presidents' images. If you have them make books, they could do this directly onto the books' pages.” I love these ideas! As a teacher, it is so important to search out best practices. Discussion boards are really informative. Teachers really do want to help each other. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. H.I.P. Pocket Change <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[] This is so cute! It is my favorite website that I found. It is “ the children's website of the U.S. Mint. It has money games, animated lessons, information on coins, facts about money, news about money, money history, resources for coin collectors, and a parents' and teachers' area with lesson plans and free educational materials for educators.” Once again I could see this website used during centers. I found the facts section to be quite insightful. They have “presidential portraits”, president match-ups, a U.S. military academy IQ test, a “Jamestown Challenge”, and a marine corps IQ test. Of course the first two fact sites are the one I would incorporate into this lesson. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My Literature List: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. __ What Presidents Are M ade Of __ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">by and illustrated by <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Hanoch Piven] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The description for this book states: “You get a portrait of former U. S. president Jimmy Carter, who builds houses for the homeless. See the presidents as never before -- made out of objects! Using everything from blue jeans to boxing gloves, Hanoch Piven "builds" the characters of our leaders. And with revealing anecdotes to go along with Piven's creations, you'll never forget what makes up George (Washington), George (Bush), or anyone else in between.” This is such a fun book to use for our lesson. We could even make the presidents out of our own objects as a creative classroom project. = <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">2. __ The Everything Kids' Presidents Book: Puzzles, Games and Trivia - for Hours of Presidential Fun __ = <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;">by [|Brian Thornton] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Some of the book online: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">http://books.google.com/books?id=xZYXrRMm7LQC&dq=The+Everything+Kids'+Presidents+Book:+Puzzles,+Games+and+Trivia+-+for+Hours+of+Presidential+Fun&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=zmiKscYKKe&sig=zY-ZoeNubVWRCH2aOLqBWTC9LeE&hl=en&ei=gILdSqWNDYSltgfsvK0C&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Chapter one is all about the founding presidents. “George Washington had a lot of jobs and became successful even before coming president”. This book is advanced and most likely not for first graders, but it is a great book for teachers to pick through and then disperse to the children! It has cute worksheets, crosswords, and coloring pages in there along with factual information. = <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">3. . . . If You Grew Up with George Washington = = <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1; msospacerun: yes; msothemecolor: text1;"> <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">by <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;">[= ntt_athr_dp_pel_1|Ruth Belov Gross]<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; msobidifontweight: bold;"> Illustrated by Emily McCully = =<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; msobidifontweight: bold;"> = =   = =<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1; msothemecolor: text1;"> = = “This book tells you what it was like to live in Virginia during the colonial times of the 1730's and 1740's.” It does more than that! It tells about what it was like to grow up with George Washington and the things that he did. It is a great book for the first graders. It is nice because they can compare their lives and what it was like growing up in George Washington’s shoes. <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"> = =<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1; msothemecolor: text1;"> = = <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">4. __ Abe Lincoln's Hat __ <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">[= ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Martha%20Brenner|Martha Brenner] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Illustrated by Donald Cook   = =   = =<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1; msothemecolor: text1;"> = = This is a cute little biographical book. The description states “ Illus. in full color. Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, started out in life as an absent-minded frontier lawyer. How did he nudge his memory? He stuck letters, court notes, contracts, and even his checkbook in his trademark top hat. When he took off his hat, it was all there! “This book is also a little advanced, but it can be utilized. Also, it is good for students to find in a book basket to search through. = =<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontweight: bold; msothemecolor: text1;"> = = <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">5. __ George Washington's Teeth __ = <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;">by <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Deborah Chandra] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Illustrated by Brock Cole <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I am trying to get my hands on this book. It is adorable. The synopsis is “A tongue-in-cheek dental history of our first president.” I appreciated that the description of the book is very detailed. It states that the book is a “lovely collection of <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">pastels about historic moments with George, in rolling rhyme, and humorous verse. While aimed at K -Grade 3, this book will be enjoyed by older readers as well (including adults, although they may find it irreverent). It's a great selection for older siblings to read aloud to elementary students. Demonstrates the need for dental hygiene. The grand four page timeline '...from his own letters, diaries, and accounts' is well designed- even has pictures of George's last set of dentures (and they were NOT WOODEN). A painting of G. W. in 1776 shows a scar from an abscessed tooth. George tried to retain this natural teeth, spending over $1,000/year on dental bills.” This could ALSO be incorporated into math, language arts, and science.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Rebecca Mordente __**Internet Search/Literature List**__ è **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Websites: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson plans, virtual “field trip” tour of Presidential and Vice Presidential gravesites and American Presidents Portrait Exhibit, videos, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kids get to be “president” for a day and make important decisions- REALLY COOL site!! Talks about what the government does for kids. Great information about presidential elections for kids! Includes information on a number of important concepts surrounding presidents such as voting, political parties, the electoral college, campaigning, and more! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fun game where kids pick advisors, balance the budget, and answer interview questions as though they were the president. Then a newspaper article is published for the student about the decisions they made as “president”. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Information for kids about presidential candidates, the election, videos, etc. Includes important information such as how we elect a president, biographies of the candidates, calendar of state voting, and even message boards for kids.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://americanpresidents.org/ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://pbskids.org/democracy/presforaday/ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.congressforkids.net/Elections_index.htm **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/game.htm **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.nick.com/kpp/ **

è **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Books: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A silly rhyming story about George Washington and the crazy antics from the animals he owned. This book contains interesting facts and anecdotes about the presidents and the families who have resided in the White House and answers the question, “What is life REALLY like in the White House?” Written in a question & answer format, this book includes fun and quirky facts and information about our 43 presidents. This book includes portraits of seventeen of our presidents created out of small toys and objects. Each portrait is accompanied by information and stories about the president which relate to their portraits. = Young George Washington: America's First President by Janet Woods = = This story is a great biography of George Washington from his childhood through his presidency. Ideal for independent reading as it is an easy read for young children. =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">George Washington’s Cows by David Small **
 * If the Walls Could Talk : Family Life at the White House **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> by Jane O'Connor, Gary Hovland
 * Don't Know Much About the Presidents **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> by Kenneth C. Davis
 * What Presidents Are Made Of **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **by Hanoch Piven**