Presidential Pets

By: Julia Moberg / Illustrated by: Jeff Albrecht Studios The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House It’s been said that if you want a friend at the White House, get a dog. Or, we might add, perhaps a cat, bird, bear, or maybe an alligator! Throughout America’s history, the presidential menagerie has included an array of creatures both big and small, ordinary and absurd. This inside look at the White House’s animal residents features a rollicking, rhyming verse for each commander-in-chief’s pets, accompanied by cool facts, presidential stats, and laugh-out-loud cartoon art. John Quincy Adams kept an alligator in the bathtub, while Thomas Jefferson’s pride and joy was his pair of bear cubs. Andrew Jackson had a potty-mouthed parrot, and Martin Van Buren got into a fight with Congress over his two baby tigers. First daughter Caroline Kennedy’s pony Macaroni had free reign over the White House. But the pet-owning winner of all the presidents