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Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major

(4) 4-6 Kennedy Center Presents: Capital Kids series. Illustrated by Ard Hoyt. After finding a mysterious scrap of paper in a copy of Treasure Island, Archie, Kermit, and Ethel, children of President Teddy Roosevelt, search for treasure in the White House. Though the mystery is contrived, the story (based on a Kennedy Center–commissioned play) provides some interesting historical facts about the Roosevelts and the White House.

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