“John Adams was the first president to live in the White House. He was the second president of the United States.“
“John Adams was the first president to live in the White House. He was the second president of the United States.“
Lloyd G Douglas has written multiple other books about icons of the United States, like the Bald Eagle, the Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell.
pickA book explaining what the white house is, like who lives there, what the Oval Office is, and White House traditions. It would be good to build civic knowledge in young grades!
“The man loved pie.” 🥧 🥰😋🤩
#Oct2024 Book91 #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge category history
I made pie and started a new book.
#CaresBooksandPie #CaresPieShow #ApplePie 🍏🥧 #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 category US History
pickLow end of the pick scale. The stories from White House residence staff were interesting, but Brower was all over the place. My two favorite sections had themes — children in the WH and how residence staff dealt with traumatic events like 9/11 and Kennedy‘s assassination. In many ways, Brower turns the staff members into saints. No staff member ever talks out of turn. All staff members respect and care for the families they serve. Really?
pickThis was so interesting! Full of sweet stories and surprising revelations from the White House resident staff. Covering multiple decades and presidents, I especially loved hearing about the caring relationships between the first families and staff. The author also explored the history of how the house staff system came about, race, and respect. One juicy stories too. Really fascinating, great on #audio Highly recommend!
pickThere‘s nothing earth shattering here, but I enjoyed listening to the Bush and Obama social secretaries give examples of civility during their times in the White House.
Using a memoir by Cody Keenan, President Obama‘s chief speechwriter, to check off this prompt in #Nonfiction2024: “Speak”
pickI picked this first off my #AuldLangSpine list from @MallenNC because I spent 2023 watching all 155 episodes of “The West Wing,” and I thought it would be a nice segue to read a memoir by President Obama‘s speechwriter. And it was. But it was also a story of hope, redemption, the power of forgiveness and how we can make the world a better place if we try. That‘s a message that‘s been lost in the past 8 years. Oh, how I miss this president. 😕
