Though I keep this blog clean, many of the podcasts I review use adult language. The shows do this mostly for shock and because the Peter Pans who make up the male audience for these shows, still think rude is rad. I am often surprised when a stream of rudeness comes out of a podcaster’s mouth, followed closely by a reference to their young children just upstairs. Well this posting is definitely for those dudes who also happen to be charged with raising children. If they really want to shock someone they should bring home this book for the tots. Not because the book is shocking, but because their wife will be astonished to find there is unexpected maturity and caring beneath that veneer of retarded behavior.
What To Do About Alice? is the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s eldest daughter and the shenanigans she gets into before, during, and after her father's presidency. It's a picture book for young readers. The writing is clever and presents the events in Alice’s life like bullet points as easy to absorb as M&Ms in the trail mix. The illustrations are topnotch with a great deal of energy and movement. The story would be a great story for a father to share with his daughter. I think young boys would be less interested in the book for the central story, but may be curious about Theodore Roosevelt as a person. And again the pictures hold a lot of fun for boys and girls.
The book is written by Barbara Kerley; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham; Published by Scholastic Press. It's for ages 4-8, It's hardcover, 48 pages. 12.1 x 8.4 inches.
It is $11.55 new and as low as $7.00 used on Amazon.
