Classy Presidents.Do you learn about the presidents in February? Well, so does a girl in the book Presidents' Day Pres·i·dents' Day n. The third Monday in February, observed in the United States as a legal holiday in commemoration of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Noun 1. who just happens to have the same birthday, Feb. 22, as George Washington. Read along and find out how her classmates Classmates can refer to either:
Then open up the book Have Fun With the Presidents to take your pick of fun activities about every one of our presidents. (There have been 43, so far.) These projects, such as making a nature sketchbook like Teddy Roosevelt's or a stovepipe hat A tall silk hat with a brim, worn commonly as an item of formal dress by gentlemen in the late 1800's. See also: Stovepipe like Abraham Lincoln's, will keep you nearly as busy as the men who have held this very demanding job, but you'll learn a lot and have fun, too. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Presidents' Day By Anne Rockwell HarperCollins Children's Books, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 32 pages Have Fun With the Presidents By David C. King Wiley, San Francisco 124 pages |
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