Lloyd G. Douglas

Educational blather about the White House. I'm happy that with this book I am done with this very boring and simplistic series.

For me, the most remarkable thing about this book is that when I read it to my four-year-old daughter two decades back she made me put a yellow sticky over the scary portrait of John Adams on page 11. It's still there and will remain there to protect future readers.

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Contents: 1. American Symbol -- 2. President of the United States -- 3. Rooms -- 4. New show more Words -- 5. To Find Out More -- 6. Index -- 7. About the Author show less

A trivial amount of trivia about the Statue of Liberty for very young readers. But at least it is the most fact-filled book yet in this series.

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Contents: 1. The Statue of Liberty -- 2. France -- 3. Freedom -- 4. New Words -- 5. To Find Out More -- 6. Index -- 7. About the Author

Another simplistic book in a very simplistic series. This one just tells you how to do the Pledge of Allegiance, offering no historical background or mention of changes to the text over the years.

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Contents: 1. The Pledge of Allegiance -- 2. The American Flag -- 3. Liberty and Justice -- 4. New Words -- 5. To Find Out More -- 6. Index -- 7. About the Author

Basically a simple list of facts about the Liberty Bell intended for children. Curiously, none of the facts really addresses why the bell is considered an important symbol of America or why it is cracked. Those seem like pretty big omissions.

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Contents: 1. American Symbol -- 2. A Crack in the Bell -- 3. Visiting the Liberty Bell -- 4. New Words -- 5. To Find Out More -- 6. Index -- 7. About the Author