8.13.2009

What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley


Teddy Roosevelt famously said, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I can’t possibly do both.” Alice Roosevelt, his oldest child, was hard to contain. She wanted to “eat up the world.” Her idea of watching her siblings in the White House was to teach them how to slide down the stairway on trays. She had a pet snake and monkey that she showed off to visiting dignitaries, and despite her father’s admonition to stay out of the news, she did just the opposite. Her father “was not amused.” Just as Alice “ate up the world,” reader’s will eat up this book about Alice Roosevelt.

41 comments:

  1. I liked how Alice was always cheerful and silly. I would want to play with Alice!

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  2. I love this book. I'd love to be friends with her!

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  3. I thought the book was intresting because it had alot of detail about Theodore Roosevelt and his kids.

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  4. I thought this book was intresting because Alice was realy funny.I really think was one of my favirote books.

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  5. i love this book it let me now more about history.But in a fun way to learn about history
    Theodore Roosevelt must have been a good presdient

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  6. Alce is a quirky fun loving child and is halarious I highly recommend this book

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  7. i did not really like this book but it was pretty funny i liked the part whereshe waved at her friend during the speech roosevelt.

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  8. This book was really funny cause I didn't know much about Teddy Rooselvelt.

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  9. I think that this book is a very good book. I would recomend reading this book because it was a very intrtaining and interesting book.

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  10. What To Do About Alice is a good book. I think every body should read this book. It's a grate book.

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  11. This girl is crazy! Crazy hilarious that is! Not that it's fictional, yet how should I know? Is it real?

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  12. AKK-Dominguez

    I think this book was a very good book.It was so funny!But I wonder if it was a real or fake book? I would encourage you to read it.

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  13. I Liked this book because Alice was always happy.This book was also very colorful.

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  14. ajone cook 4th gradeOctober 7, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    This book is a ok it was sad when I heard her mom died.One of things I did noy like about this book was did not like how sha whanted to explore the world.

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  15. Alice is so adventurous but sometimes greedy because she got all she wanted

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  16. I thought it was funny when the father didn't let her do anythaing. But alice didn't care she did it any ways.

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  17. I thought it was silly because, she eats the world up and wants to do every thing. i`m supriesd the husband is`nt scared.

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  18. I liked how the illustrater did the pictures it
    looked great.
    Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem.

    I liked the book alot because it has history.

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  19. I liked this book because it is factual and i learned that president rossevelt had a daughter that was way out there.

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  20. i liked this book cause my mom is freakeshly obsesd with teddy rossevelt

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  21. what to do about alice was a good book it is with to good charethers.she thought she was all thtat

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  22. I do not like this book beacause it is very boring. Teddy must be tired by the end of the day and angry most of the time.

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  23. I liked what to do about alice because she caused a lot of trouble and she was theodore roosevelt's daughter! And presidents daughter are suposed to well mannered but she was adventurous!

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  24. this book was good at the end.
    the middel was funny this book is a good book.

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  25. Firest i thought this book was sad intell she got her things off her legs she had a very succful life.

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  26. I loved that book!most of all i loved when she was a tom boy.



    P.S.iam a tom boy to!

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  27. I DO NOT LIKE THE BOOK;BECAUSE TEDD SOMETIME HE IS MAD AND I DO NOT MAD PEOPLE.

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  28. i think it was an ok book it was good butt espeshely teedy rosevelt he is my favirote presedent i also liked how alice ate up the world

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  29. I liked this book What to do about Alice because it was talking about my favorite president Teddy Rosevelt's daughter. I also liked how she got into alot opf trouble

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  30. I thought that this book was funny cause theodore rosevlt is trying to control his daughter alice .

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  31. This book was very good cause theodore rosevelt is trying to control his daughter.Can he?

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  32. I liked this book because I can relate to Alice because I'm a trouble maker too

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  33. I thought this book was so funny beacause Teddy is trying to control the uncontrolable.

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  34. i loved how alice was all happy through the whole story.and she had a bright attitude in every part of the story

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  35. i like how the author wrote about the bad things and the good things that alice did

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  36. this was a good book because it was intersting.
    I liked how she drove her father crazy!!

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  37. this book is a fun book because it talks about a little bit of important things that alice (Theodore Rosevelts daughter) did good or bad, and tells you how she felt

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  38. this book is very funny. i like how they slide down the stairs on trays and how she drove her dad insane

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  39. It was a very good book! I really like how Alice is a tom boy and is very adventurous! I hope the author writes more books abot her! p.s i would love if they where chapter books!

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  40. I thought that Alice did some pretty crazy things. I don't know why she did them if she knew her dad would get mad.

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  41. I love this book because it talks about a girl who is headstrong like me

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