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THE GOLDFISH IN THE CHANDELIER

Casie Kesterson

Illustrations by Gary Hovland

A different kind of adventure story, The Goldfish in the Chandelier takes place just outside Paris in the early 1800s. Uncle Henri is stuck. He has been commissioned to design a chandelier for a great house in Paris, but he can’t figure out what form it should take. His young nephew, Louis Alexandre, comes to the rescue with some dazzling ideas—inspired by Alexander the Great and the first hot-air balloon flights over Paris—that surprise them both. Together, they use a lot of imagination to create something that never existed before—something new, unexpected, and very beautiful.

This delightful story was inspired by the Gérard-Jean Galle chandelier, one of the most popular pieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s impressive collection of French decorative arts.

Ages seven to ten.

Formerly on staff at the Getty Research Institute, Casie Kesterson currently is a consultant specializing in matters relating to the history of collecting. Gary Hovland’s illustrations have appeared in such nationally and internationally known publications as the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. His illustrations for If the Walls Could Talk: Family Life at the White House (Simon & Schuster, 2004) won a Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award in 2005.

Buy: https://shop.getty.edu/products/the-goldfish-in-the-chandelier-978-1606060940?_pos=1&_sid=cccbc0dab&_ss=r

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IF THE WALLS COULD TALK

Jane O’Connor

Illustrated by Gary Hovland

In case you’ve ever wondered, the walls at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have eyes and ears — and, what’s more, they don’t miss a thing. Now, listen up because the walls have a thing or two to tell you!
During President John Tyler’s presidency, the White House was such a mess that it was called the “Public Shabby House.”
President William Howard Taft was so large that he had to have a jumbo-size bathtub installed — one big enough for four people.
President Andrew Jackson’s “open door” policy at the White House resulted in 20,000 people showing up for his inauguration party. (The new president escaped to the quiet of a nearby hotel!)
President Abraham Lincoln didn’t mind at all that his younger sons, Tad and Willie, kept pet goats in their White House bedrooms.
Children all across the country sent in their own money to build an indoor swimming pool for wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt so that he could exercise.
President Harry S. Truman knew it was time to renovate the White House after a leg on his daughter’s piano broke right through the floor.
Hear these funny, surprising stories and more about the most famous home in America and the extraordinary families who have lived in it.

Buy: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/If-the-Walls-Could-Talk/Jane-OConnor/9780689868634