i received this book for Netgalley in exchange for an honest review



i really appreciated this book , my 10 and 14 year daughters were hooked to the story, the book's format was not working well in our kindle so we had trouble reading, a lot of white spots and shadows . but overall we could arrive at the end..
the stories were very very interesting, we read all of them, it was a pity that not all the pictures were visible in our kindle...
i will try to buy the paperback as soon will be on stores!!! ( )

i received this book for Netgalley in exchange for an honest review



i really appreciated this book , my 10 and 14 year daughters were hooked to the story, the book's format was not working well in our kindle so we had trouble reading, a lot of white spots and shadows . but overall we could arrive at the end..
the stories were very very interesting, we read all of them, it was a pity that not all the pictures were visible in our kindle...
i will try to buy the paperback as soon will be on stores!!! ( )

"Once you've been a White House Kid, you'll always be a White House kid." This quote by former White House kid Julie Nixon Eisenhower captures all the good and bad of living in the nation's most famous home. Fun facts and family portraits abound in this graphically attractive book. ( )

Rating this is difficult because this is a children's book and I'm an adult, but I almost think this book would be more interesting to parents, especially those interested in history, than children. Some aspects, such as assassinations, would be challenging for children, and many of the quotes and reflections of former White House kids are from an adult point of view. While I was interested in the children's adult lives, I doubt most kids would be. On the other hand, the format, with lots of short tidbits, would be appealing for children (and to adults). Set in a somewhat different format, this might be most appropriately a teen/YA book. I'd recommend all photographs instead of the illustrations which seem a little hokey. (Incidentally, the print is also quite small for juvenile non-fiction.)

All in all, this is quite entertaining, with great anecdotes and quotes. I was amazed at how active some of the kids (and presidents) were and at the White House life in general. I appreciated the kids' reflections on the challenges of being a child of the highly criticized person living in the White House.

Engaging, fun and informative, White House Kids is about the children who have lived in the White House while their fathers were President. Targeted towards middle school children I think kids and adults alike can enjoy this fact-filled book of the amazing and the ordinary world of children being children in the hotbed of Washington. The book asks a very direct question: Would you like to grow up in the White House? and from there invites us in to explore what it might be like. We learn about the animals, the playground, the parties, what is is like to go to school, to church, make friends. etc. We see how different children handle the pressures of having to be "good" to be "on" all the time, i.e Amy Carter despised it and how each family tried to shield their children from the spotlight. All in all a good and enjoyable read.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to review this book for an honest opinion. ( )