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American symbolsSlade, Suzanne.
Summary: Shares the story of how George Washington had a home built for the future presidents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.3 SLASmith, Charles R.
Summary: Constructed brick by brick, the White House was created by human hands, many of them slaves', whose hard labor helped create the symbol of this country, in the story of how the official residence and principal workplace of the United States presidents was built.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.302 SMIFirestone, Mary.
Summary: Keneesha, a White House Secret Service agent, gives a brief history of the White House and describes the various functions held there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America FirestoneWhitcomb, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WHIMonkman, Betty C.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: White House Historical Association 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 975.3 MONAnderson, Beth
Summary: "Tad Lincoln's restless wriggle just wouldn't quit, much to the delight of his father, President Abraham Lincoln--if not so much to anybody else! This picture book brings to life the famous first son who coped with a disability and other challenges while showing compassion, intelligence, and wisdom beyond his years. Tad Lincoln's boundless energy annoyed almost everyone but his father,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LINBerman, Lea
Summary: "A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message-- everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 BEREsposito, Joseph A.
Summary: In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted forty-nine Nobel Prize winners -- along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers -- at a famed White House dinner. Among the guests were J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was officially welcomed back to Washington after a stint in the political wilderness; Linus Pauling, who had picketed the White House that very afternoon;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England 2018