President Taft is stuck in the bath
President Taft is stuck in the bath by Mac Barnett is a 2014 Fiction & Literature book written by TED speaker MacBarnett, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Why a good book is a secret door" (2014), 2.2M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published the same year as the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 2nd of 7 books by MacBarnett on Books Worth Reading (2009–2019), by publication year.
- Edition: Candlewick Press, 2014 · 32 pages
The paired TED talk
Why a good book is a secret door (2014), the TED talk by MacBarnett.
From the publisher
George Washington crossed the Delaware in the dead of night. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. And President William Howard Taft, a man of great stature - well, he got stuck in a bathtub. Now how did he get unstuck? Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Chris Van Dusen bring their full comedic weight to this legendary story, imagining a parade of clueless cabinet members advising the exasperated president, leading up to a hugely satisfying, hilarious finale.
This picture book relates the humorous incident of President Taft getting himself stuck in a bathtub in the White House on the day of his inauguration.