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Barnett, Mac

President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath

32 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6317-9 $16.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. The apocryphal story referred to in the title is what most people know about Taft. Whether or not it's based on fact, it's a good subject for a picture book, and Van Dusen's gouache cartoons suit the escalating silliness detailing progressively more absurd proposals of methods to dislodge the portly Chief Executive from the tub. A refreshing look at presidential indignity.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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