Imagine if you lived in the White House! The first book centers around three of Theodore Roosevelt's children, Kermit, Ethel and Archie. Their mother is away and they are left in the charge of a comical nanny named Mrs. Duffit and their President father, who is very preoccupied with the visit from a quirky Russian Ambassador, Count Cassini. Eager to keep the children out of trouble, President Roosevelt sends his children on a treasure hunt--just like Treasure Island, only in the White House. There are mysteries popping out of Dolley Madison paintings and strange goings-on in the attic--and the result is a rollicking good time and a crash course in American history too. Ron Kidd has masterfully adapted the script from the original play into a novel for us, and Ard Hoyt's playful illustrations are interspersed throughout.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Kennedy Center Presents-Capital Kids .

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster .

Ronald Kidd is the author of the highly acclaimed Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial, as well as On Beale Street. His novels of adventure, comedy, and mystery have received the Children's Choice Award, an Edgar Award nomination, and honors from the American Library Association, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library. He is a two-time O'Neill playwright who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. For decades, Laura Bush has championed key issues in the fields of education, health care, human rights, and the preservation of our nation's heritage. A hiking and outdoors enthusiast, Mrs. Bush encourages Americans to spend time in and care for our national parks. The author of the bestselling memoir Spoken from the Heart, Mrs. Bush also founded both the Texas Book Festival and the National Book Festival in Washington, DC. Today, as the chair of the Women's Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute, Mrs. Bush continues her work on global health-care innovations, empowering women in emerging democracies, education reform, and supporting the men and women who have served in America's military. Mrs. Bush holds a degree in education and a master's degree in library science. She taught in public schools in Dallas, Houston, and Austin and worked as a public school librarian. Jaqueline Rogers has been a professional children's book illustrator for more than twenty years and has worked on nearly one hundred children's books. Jenna Bush Hager is a contributing correspondent on NBC's Today show and an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, which she wrote after traveling to Latin America in 2006 as an intern with UNICEF. Ana's Story is based on the life of a seventeen-year-old single mother with HIV who struggles to shield her child from the life she had of abuse and neglect. Hager remains involved with UNICEF and is currently the chair of its Next Generation initiative, which is dedicated to reducing childhood deaths around the world. Hager holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also coauthor with Laura Bush of the children's books Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It! Hager is the daughter of former US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. In 2008, she married Henry Hager, and they have two daughters, Margaret Laura (Mila) and Poppy Louise. Marilyn Sadler is the author of many bestselling picture books including the PJ Funny Bunny series. Ard Hoyt is the illustrator of many bestselling children's books, including I'm a Manatee, by John Lithgow and Abrams' Tilly the Trickster by Molly Shannon.