Monday, September 16, 2024

Slade. The House that George Built

The House that George Built is a children's book by Suzanne Slade, with art by Rebecca Bond, published in 2012. It is available at the Internet Archive.

Here is a YouTube read-along:

There is a historical forward which briefly narrates the Revolution and the election of George Washington as president, and then the story of the building of the White House begins: This is the story of the President's House that George built. The story is then told with facing pages that provide a detailed narration (on the left) and the "Jack"-style verse on the right.

The verse uses rhyming couplets, and the story ends when John and Abigail Adams move into the White House in 1800 (George Washington had died in 1799).

After the conclusion of the story, there are some informative pages in the back of the book.



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