Gifts for Animal Lovers

Mount Vernon had a little lamb and her fleece was white and curly, her feet were black, and her muzzle was black as well. Mount Vernon was home to ...

Liberty is a fictional cat featured in the children's story "Where Was George Washington?" by Carla Heymsfeld. Liberty's popularity has grown so ov...

George Washington imported a number of hounds from England in 1770, and then in 1785 he received French foxhounds from the Marquis de Lafayette. Th...

George Washington imported a number of hounds from England in 1770, and then in 1785 he received French foxhounds from the Marquis de Lafayette. Th...

George Washington imported a number of hounds from England in 1770, and then in 1785 he received French foxhounds from the Marquis de Lafayette. Th...

“Champ and Major: First Dogs.” By Joy McCullough.  ISBN:  978-0-593-40714-1. Copyright 2021. Hardcover 24 pages. A picture book about Champ and Maj...

“If You Want a Friend in Washington: Wacky, Wild & Wonderful Presidential Pets.” By Erin McGill.  ISBN:  978-0-593-12269-3. Copyright 2020. Har...

The Washingtons raised a variety of domesticated fowl, including chickens and turkeys, to supply their table with both meat and eggs. Care of these...

Mount Vernon was home to many sheep in George Washington’s time. His flock numbered from 600 to 1,000 which provided wool for clothing and blankets...

Of all the farm animals that now call Mount Vernon home, none is rarer than the Ossabow Island hog. Over a period of two decades,  Washington’s est...

Mount Vernon was home to many sheep in George Washington’s time. His flock numbered from 600 to 1,000 sheep, which provided wool for clothing and b...

Of all the farm animals that now call Mount Vernon home, none is rarer than the Ossabaw Island hog. Over a period of two decades, George Washington...

The Washingtons raised a variety of domesticated fowl, including chickens and turkeys, to supply their table with both meat and eggs. Care of these...

This soft, stuffed horse and the frisky horse pictured on the t-shirt both have brown coats and black manes and tail. The image on the yellow shirt...

Presidential Pets: The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House. By Julie Moberg. Illustrated by Jeff A...

Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He was known to have been quite fond of animals, especially cats. Of "Dixie",...

Ronald Reagan was America's president from 1981 until 1989. The president's favorite dog was a golden retriever who lived at the Reagans' Californi...

America's first president, George Washington, served from 1789 to 1797. Royal Gift was the name of the prized Spanish donkey that he acquired to li...

Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States from 1901-1909. On January 29, 1901 he wrote to his children from Keystone Ranch telling them...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President of the United States from 1933-1945. President Roosevelt's Scottish Terrier Fala was one of the most famous...

John Quincy Adams was President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A pet alligator was a surprise gift to the president. Adams found a home fo...

John F. Kennedy was America's president from 1961 to 1963. A pony, named Macaroni, was a gift from Lyndon Johnson to the president's daughter Carol...

President George H. W. Bush served from 1989 to 1993. A book "written" by Millie, the President's English Springer Spaniel, reached the top spot on...

Jimmy Carter was President of the United States from 1977 until 1981. When the Carter family moved into the White House in 1977, they did not bring...

Lyndon Johnson was President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. In 1966, then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover gifted President Johnson with a bea...