Stories About U.S. Presidents

The Splash Read Series

By: Drew Conrad

Narrated by: Torin Lusebrink

This Splash Read collection includes 19 historical fiction short stories about US Presidents.

While Splash Read stories are enjoyed by kids of all ages, they were written to facilitate a conversation between a child and parent, or student and teacher. Each story introduces an influential person from history. Stories discuss life skills, challenges, problem-solving, and important issues. We’ve heard positive reviews from kids as young as first graders and as old as 10th graders.

The stories are:

• "George Washington the Teenage Surveyor"
• "George Washington the Stepdad"
• "George Washington's Stable"
• "John Adams Travels to Europe"
• "John Quincy Adams Travels to Boston"
• "John Quincy Adams Travels to Russia"
• "Abraham Lincoln: Left Alone Without Parents"
• "Abraham Lincoln and the Soggy Book"
• "Abraham Lincoln and the Rowboat"
• "Ulysses Grant and the Horse that Would Not Be Tamed"
• "Ulysses Grant and the Kentucky Downpour"
• "Ulysses Grant Hears a Lie"
• "Theodore Roosevelt Grows Strong and Healthy"
• "FDR Learns to Walk Again"
• "FDR's Inauguration Day"
• "Harry Truman and the Gift that Changed His Life"
• "Dwight Eisenhower Goes Camping"
• "Gerald Ford and Old Faithful"
• "Lyndon B. Johnson: From Janitor to President"

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