President Taft is Stuck in the Bath
Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
George Washington crossed the Delaware in the dead of night. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. And President William Howard Taft got stuck in a bathtub, and then got unstuck. This is his story.
The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Picture Book of the Year
“Although there’s considerably more naked flesh on display than in the average picture book, there’s no denying the riveting spectacle of Taft’s struggle.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Just right for reading aloud.”
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School Library Journal
“Barnett spins a probably apocryphal but nonetheless hilarious incident into a Cabinet-level crisis.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“[A] delightful, smart, and silly story about the most famous bathtub misadventure in U.S. presidential history…”
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The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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