COLLEEN PIDEL
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Like the young woman who is the subject of
this book, Leslie
Kimmelman grew
up in an old white house. The household
was similarly noisy and rambunctious,
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Teddy Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth
president of the United States, knew how to
handle all sorts of things—childhood illness,
war, politics, and even the environment. But
the one thing he couldn’t always handle was
his eldest child, Alice.
including multiple pets and a father with a
Alice was an independent, outspoken young
who misbehaved most? A large dog named,
supposed to be conventional and reserved.
large-sized personality. The family member
woman during a time when women were
book editor and the author of a number of
books for children, including EVERYBODY
BONJOURS!, HOW DO I LOVE YOU?, and THE
RUNAWAY LATKES. She and her family live
in New York.
www.lesliekimmelman.net
Adam Gustavson neither drives fast
nor sits on rooftops; he has never had a pet
bear or even a one-legged rooster. He has,
however, illustrated sixteen books for children,
including SNOW DAY! YANKEE AT THE SEDER
A VERY IMPROBABLE STORY and THE LOST-AND-
FOUND TOOTH. He lives in New Jersey with his
charmingly quirky family.
www.adamgustavson.com
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Whether it was riding a pig, keeping a pet
Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt!
of course, Alice! Kimmelman is a children’s
snake, or driving a car way too fast—Alice
did what she wanted to.
“Why don’t you do something about Alice?”
a friend asked the president.
“I can do one of two things,” answered Teddy
Roosevelt in frustration.
“I can be president of the United States
or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly
do both.”
Leslie Kimmelman’s affectionate
look at a free spirit whose
antics caught the attention
of a nation will captivate
and amuse her young audience. And Adam
Gustavson’s energetic and humorous paint-
ings complete the experience by transporting
readers back to the early twentieth century
and setting them down smackdab in the
midst of this colorful cast of historical
characters.
ISBN 13: 978-1-56145-492-1
ISBN 10: 1-56145-492-3
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To my sisters, Susan,
Carolyn, and Peggy—
No snakes, but plenty
of adventures!
—L.K.
For Lena
—A.G
on
Adam Gustavs
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Summary: A brief, fictionalized account of what life was
like for Theodore Roosevelt during his political career, with
his oldest daughter, Alice, a strong-willed and somewhat wild
young woman, who loved to do things that shocked the
public, even when she lived in the White House.
ISBN 978-1-56145-492-1 / 1-56145-492-3
1. Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980—Juvenile fiction.
2. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919—Juvenile fiction. [1.
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980—Fiction. 2. Roosevelt,
Theodore, 1858-1919—Fiction.] I. Gustavson, Adam, ill. II.
Title.
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Teddy knew how to handle sickness. He had been
so sick as a child that he had to be schooled at
home. He exercised hard, and little by little
his health improved. From then on, even when
he got sick, he never complained.
But Teddy Roosevelt didn’t always know
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Alice, get down from that sofa!
Alice, why can’t you dress
like everybody else?
T
eddy Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States,
was a strong and clever man. He could handle almost anything.
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how to handle his oldest daughter, Alice.
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Alice, please calm down.
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Alice, leave the pigs alone!
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Teddy knew how to handle being vice president of the United States.
Then, when President McKinley died suddenly in 1901,
Teddy took charge and learned how to handle being president.
But Teddy Roosevelt
didn’t always know
how to handle his
oldest daughter,
Alice.
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Alice, that’s not how you ride a bicycle.
Alice, MIND YOUR
MANNERS!
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Alice, we don’t eat
asparagus with gloves on.
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As president, Teddy knew how to handle business leaders.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick,” he liked to say.
Teddy was tough.
Teddy knew how to handle the Russians and the Japanese
when they couldn’t stop fighting each other.
Teddy got them to shake hands and make up.
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Teddy knew how to handle the planet.
He helped to create a system of national parks
so that the land and wildlife were protected.
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He got a Nobel Peace Prize for that.
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But Teddy Roosevelt didn’t always know
how to handle his oldest daughter, Alice.
He told her that while she lived under his roof,
she had to obey his rules. What did Alice do?
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She simply decided to spend her time over his roof!
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Alice was among the first women in America
to drive a car, and she was also
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one of the speediest!
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Alice
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Utter rapture!
Bully fun!
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But Alice’s idea of fun was sometimes
just too much for him.
Other times the president acted
more like a commander in
Women are good for more
than just cooking, going to church,
and having children. No matter what
the president says.
chief. Once he was told that
his younger children were
using mirrors to bounce
Alice, do you have
to have your meetings here?
sunlight through windows
of government offices,
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Teddy had a staff member use flags to signal back a message:
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interrupting important work.
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Teddy Roosevelt knew how to handle the White House pets.
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Sailor Boy
Algonquin
It was a good thing, because there were a lot of them—
though not all at the same time.
Skip
Eli Yale
Pete
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A one-legged rooster
Manchu
Josiah
Tom Quartz
and Slippers
Admiral Dewey, Jr. and
Father G. Grady
Jonathan Edwards
…and several horses
A kangaroo rat
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Loretta
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Teddy was used to wild animals, too. So you would think
that handling a snake—actually holding it in his hands—
wouldn’t be hard for him, and it wasn’t. But handling Alice
and her pet snake was not so easy. The snake’s name was
Emily Spinach: Emily after Alice’s very thin Aunt Emily,
and Spinach for her green color.
Alice took Emily Spinach with her wherever she went.
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Sometimes she draped the snake around her neck and shoulders.
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ALICE!
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“Why don’t you do something about Alice?”
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“I can do one of two things,” answered Teddy
Roosevelt. “I can be president of the United States
or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
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a friend asked the president.
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Luckily for the country, Princess Alice
Teddy Roosevelt concentrated on being president of the United States.
(for that was Alice Roosevelt’s nickname)
He did a good job of it, too.
was already mostly grown up. She got married and left the White House.
He was one of our best and most-loved presidents.
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Her father didn’t have to handle her anymore.
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And Alice?
She lived for many, many more years in Washington, D.C.,
long after her father had left the White House.
Even when she was very old, she still didn’t mind her manners.
At her tea parties and her dinner parties, she would seat people who
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In fact, no one ever quite learned how to handle Alice—
but for ninety-six years, she sure did know how to have a good time.
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didn’t like each other side by side! Usually right next to her favorite pillow:
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Author’s Note
The places, people, animals, and activities in the story are based on fact. The president really made the remark about
how hard it was to control Alice. Emily Spinach, a harmless green garter snake, did have the unfortunate habit of disappearing around the White House—but whether it actually got lost in the president’s Oval Office is anybody’s guess.
About Alice
Alice Roosevelt (1884–1980) was the only child of Roosevelt’s first
marriage. Her mother, Alice Hathaway Lee, died in childbirth. Several
years later, Teddy Roosevelt married Edith Carow and the two of them
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had five more children.
Alice was a little bit wild. She liked to shock people;
Teddy Roosevelt’s family, c.1903, left to right:
Quentin, Teddy, Theodore Jr., Archie, Alice,
Kermit, Edith, Ethel
(PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)
Emily Spinach was one way of doing that. Alice also liked to go to parties. The public enjoyed
hearing about Alice’s antics. The song, “Alice, Where Art Thou Going?” became a bestseller
after it came out in 1906. Alice continued her wild behavior after leaving the White House.
She lived to be ninety-six years old, entertaining and being entertained by a great many
presidents.
Whatever happened to Emily Spinach? Alice discovered the snake dead in its box home
in the White House one day. The mystery of how Emily Spinach died remains unsolved
a hundred years later.
Pictured on the previous spread:
Robert F. Kennedy, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, J. Edgar Hoover,
Richard M. Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson