Download or read book The White House in Miniature written by Gail Buckland and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yet while the White House remains one of the country's most popular tourist spots, most Americans will never have the opportunity to visit and experience the thrill of history in the making.".
Download or read book The First Ladies of the White House in Miniature written by Mary Ann Horneman and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The White House Cut Assemble written by A. G. Smith and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a magnificent replica of the most famous house in the United States! Follow these complete, simple instructions and clear diagrams to create an authentically detailed model. Printed in full color on heavy stock, this N scale model is educational fun for ages 10 and up. Complete model measures 9 3/4 W x 8 1/2 D x 4 1/2 H.
Download or read book Where Is the White House written by Megan Stine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant "presidential mansion" in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there. All the rest have made their mark--for better or worse--on the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Megan Stine explains how the White House came to be and offers young readers intriguing glimpses into the lives of the First Families--from John and Abigail Adams to Barack and Michelle Obama.
Download or read book The White House written by Patrick Phillips-Schrock and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formerly known as the President's House, then the Executive Mansion, and now for a long time the White House, this famous structure has a fascinating architectural history of ongoing change. The white painted facade of James Hoban's original structure has been added to and strengthened for more than 200 years, and its interior is a repository of some of America's greatest treasures. Artists such as Benjamin Latrobe, Pierre-Antoine Bellange, the Herter Brothers, Louis Tiffany, Charles McKim, Lorenzo Winslow, Stephane Boudin, Edward Vason Jones, and a host of others fashioned interiors that welcomed and inspired visitors both foreign and domestic. This meticulous history, featuring more than 325 photographs, diagrams and other illustrations, captures each stage of the White House's architectural and decorative evolution.
Download or read book The White House written by Vicki Goldberg and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White House: The President's Home in Photographs and History covers every aspect of White House Life over the past 200 years. Witness multiple refurbishments to the house, media coverage and popular photography of the White House, and photos of its illustrious inhabitants, visitors, and even pets and illustrations. Accompanying the photographs is an incisive, informative text by renowned critic Vicki Goldberg. A rich visual history and a beautiful gift book, The White House is a must for photography and history buffs alike.
Download or read book The White House written by Mary Firestone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the history of the White House.
Download or read book The White House Pop Up Book written by Chuck Fischer and published by Commonwealth Editions. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The official pop-up guide"--Front cover.
Download or read book The Big Book of a Miniature House written by Christine-Léa Frisoni and published by GMC Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine-Lea Frisconi explains how to make a beautiful miniature French country house with deep recesses, fancy panelling and wall niches to add character and instructions to make a range of French-style furniture, fittings and even flowers!
Download or read book The White House for Kids written by Katherine House and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White House for Kids provides an intriguing, in-depth history of the White House and its role as a home, an office, and a powerful symbol of the United States, making it a unique resource for kids visiting Washington D.C. with their family or class and those studying American history, presidential history, and American government. Through numerous primary sources and kid-friendly anecdotes, the history of the building is detailed including the many renovations and redecorations made over the years, and the daily lives of the White House’s inhabitants are illuminated including presidents and their families as well as the enormous staff that makes the White House run smoothly. Kids will learn that George Washington never slept in the White House and Abraham Lincoln never slept in the Lincoln Bedroom; why the Trumans had to move out of the White House for three years during Harry Truman’s presidency; which president’s daughter held her high school prom in the White House; the evolving layout of floors and rooms including today’s, and much more. Crosscurricular activities allow readers to walk in the footsteps of presidents and those around them. Readers can play key passages of “Hail to the Chief” and practice signing a bill the way presidents do, as well as make White House Punch and re-create an aerobic game designed for President Hoover. Katherine House was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in nearby Arlington, Virginia. She is the author of Lighthouses for Kids and has written articles about US and Iowa history for children’s magazines including AppleSeeds, Cobblestone, and the Goldfinch.
Download or read book The White House written by Lloyd G. Douglas and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses easy-to-read text to introduce the White House as an American symbol.
Download or read book The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf written by Mike Vago and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect golfing gift: A book that is a complete, working 9-hole miniature golf course, with miniature golf balls and putter included. The first book you can play through. The book that's a true original. Featuring nine themed courses, from pirates to dinosaurs to the classic windmill, The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf celebrates the silliness and the golf-for-everyone! attitude of Putt-Putt. Each page in the book is a cleverly designed hole, modeled on real mini golf courses. Tap the ball through the grooves and make sure to avoid the obstacles. Then see if you can get it in the clown's mouth on the last hole. Every hole is par fun.
Download or read book A Kid s Guide to the White House written by Betty Debnam and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how the White House was built, and meet the first families and their pets that have lived there. Take a tour of the public rooms and visit the big back yard.
Download or read book The White House in Gingerbread written by Roland Mesnier and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pocket inside back cover includes of the White House gingerbread template.
Download or read book Inside the White House written by Betty Boyd Caroli and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 1999-06-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the White House upstairs and down, experience great historical events, and share informal moments with the nation's first families. Over 200 photographs and illustrations, including floor plan.
Download or read book The White House written by Lisa M. Herrington and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and photographs introduce the White House.
Download or read book Pets at the White House written by Jennifer Boswell Pickens and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pickens reveals how pets have played an important role in the White House throughout the decades, no only by providing companionship to the presidents and their families, but also by humanizing and softening their political images.
