Presidential Pets [Hardcover]

Niall Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1992

The bipartisan history of First Family animals

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA-- This small, delightful book provides a whimsical look at each first family's pets or other animals. Hundreds of black-and-white photographs show the interaction between humans and animals. Of course FDR's Fala is here, as are LBJ's Him and Her and Bush's Millie. Also included are John Quincy Adam's alligator who lived in the East Room, Truman's goat named Dewey's Goat, and the snakes who disrupted an important meeting in the oval office of Theodore Roosevelt. The amount on each president varies as to his interest in animals, but the style is light and fast paced. A list of pets by type of animal and the index of names will assist researchers. The book could be used to entice nonmotivated students, who would at least learn the names of the presidents.

Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax,

Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 108 pages
• Publisher: Abbeville Pr; First edition (February 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558593020
• ISBN-13: 978-1558593022
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,070,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, informative and imaginative, October 11, 1999

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This review is from: Presidential Pets (Hardcover)

Four words for TNoog: Practice what you preach

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor syntax, misspellings galore!, April 6, 1999

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This review is from: Presidential Pets (Hardcover)

mr. kelly picked a very mundane topic- -presidential pets. why not Presidential bowel-movements (at least this would have been a lot more productive) Two lasts words for kelly: spell check!