Presidents (Time For Learning)

Plot

Time for Learning: Presidents is a fascinating interactive educational resource book for children who are in third through sixth grades. Kids can explore U.S. history with their hands and minds historical facts are combined with interactive features to make learning about the United States presidents exciting.Each U.S. president is profiled in detail on his own two-page spread, with information on his childhood and early life, political legacy, major events that took place during the presidency, the first lady and their family, and life after the White House. Historical photographs, drawings, and original illustrations accompany each biography, and the book contains useful historical information about the office of president and the White House.Time for Learning: Presidents has 24 interactive devices, such as pull tabs, wheels, flaps, acetate overlays, envelopes, and foldouts. As children read, they can:Pull a tab to chop down President George Washington s legendary cherry treeLift a flap to read a political cartoonUnfold a 20-inch timeline of the Civil War during President Abraham Lincoln s time in officeTurn a wheel to send President Theodore Roosevelt s powerful navy on a cruise around the worldOpen an envelope and read a letter to President Barack ObamaA removable fold-out poster includes little-known facts about all of the U.S. presidents. For instance:James Madison, the country s fourth president and the Father of the Constitution, was only 5-feet, 4-inches tallSomeone stole President John Quincy Adams s clothes while he was skinny-dipping in the Potomac RiverCalvin Coolidge had an electric horse installed in his White House bedroom so that he could get some exerciseGeorge W. Bush owned a Major League Baseball team, the Texas Rangers, before becoming presidentA three-dimensional holographic image on the cover layers pictures of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Barack Obama, Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, and the presidential seal. Plus, the spiral-bound book lies flat when it s open for convenient use. Who knew learning could be so fun and easy?