President's Day

From George Did It, by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain this book quote:

“In 1789, almost everyone in the country wanted George Washington to be the first president of the United States of American.  Everyone--except George.

George Was fifty-seven years old, and he wanted to stay home in Virginia to be with his wife, tend his farm, fix his house and go foxhunting with his dogs."

 George Washington was our country's first president, but in George Did It, we learn that being president  was not what he had planned. 

From Abe Lincoln Remembers, by Ann Turner this book quote: 

 "When I won the Presidency, we took our three sons, Tad, Willie, and Robert to the White House.  They were like balls bounding down a road, and people said they had no manners or discipline.  I thought happiness more important than manners, though I didn't like it when Tad drove his cart and goats down the White House hall."

Ann Turner's story is not strictly a biography but after much research her interpretation of how Mr. Lincoln might have felt and what he might have thought.  A book for children about one of our most important presidents.