Get Kids Excited About Presidential History Using the Award-Winning Anthology
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
Exciting
stories, informative essays, humorous poetry, and extraordinary art can help kids engage in the past and make connections with our
present and future. A perfect resource for learning more about American and presidential history that provides all of this and MORE is the NCBLA's award-winning anthology Our White
House: Looking In, Looking Out.With Our White House, kids can learn about the building of the White House--and why it once burned. They can engage with intimate stories of those who have resided in the White House over the years, including presidential pets and ghosts! And kids can also discover the joys and sorrows that have faced our nation and the often gut-wrenching decisions needed to be made by our presidents.
Our White House was created by the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance as a collaborative effort by over one hundred award-winning authors and illustrators to encourage young people to read more about America’s rich history and culture; to think more about America’s future; to talk more about our nation’s leadership; and to act on their own beliefs and convictions, ensuring this great democratic experiment will survive and thrive.
The Our White House anthology is supported by a
companion educational website, OurWhiteHouse.org,
which
expands the book content with additional stories, primary sources,
articles, activities, and discussion questions related to book topics. The website also includes printable education resource guides on the OWH Plus page to help you make the most of the book's content in your classroom and library.
Learn more about how you can inspire young people using the Our White House resources
in the online article "For Educators: Using
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out and OurWhiteHouse.org in the Classroom."
Our White House is available in both hardcover and paperback from Candlewick Press.
Ask for Our White House at a library or bookstore near
you!
Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review!
“Eight
years in the making, this anthology of White House history convenes an
all-star roster of 108 children's authors and illustrators, as well as a
few scholars and former White House employees and residents and it is a
blue-ribbon choice for family sharing during an election year.
Chronologically ordered, the entries range from poems to presidential
speeches, satirical cartoons to stately portraits. . . . The
volume makes the invaluable point that history does not have to be
remote or abstract, but a personal and ongoing engagement.”
The Horn Book Starred Review!
“With something for adults and children alike is the sumptuous new anthology Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out. . . . The
contributors are all luminaries of the children’s book field. A
fascinating, eminently browsable, and accessible entrance into the
People’s House.”
School Library Journal Starred Review!
“This
handsome compendium is rich with excerpts, poems, and other writings
about the historic residence, many of them personal in tone and subject.
With artwork as
eclectic as the text, the book offers glimpses into the presidents,
their concerns, their families, and the mansion itself.”
Featured on the “Martha Stewart Show” as One of The New York Times “Eight Great Books for the Holidays”
On
the December 15, 2008 “Martha Stewart Show,” Martha advised
procrastinating audience members and viewers to “Think books! I do!” as
ideal holiday gifts. With that in mind New York Times book review editor Sam Tanenhaus shared recommendations of eight great books. Our White House was one of those books—the only children’s book on his list!
L.A. Parent Recommendation!
Awards
- 2009-2010 National Endowment for the Humanities We the People “Picturing America” Bookshelf Award
- 2009 American Library Association Notable Children’s Book for All Ages
- 2009 National Council for Social Studies and the Children’s Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- 2009 International Reading Association Teachers’ Choices Booklist Selection
- Amazon.com Best Books of 2008 Top 10 Editors’ Pick for Middle Readers
- Parents’ Choice Foundation Recommended Book Award, Fall 2008
- School Library Journal Best Books of the Year 2008
- The Horn Book Fanfare, Best Books of 2008
- Publisher’s Weekly 2008 Best Books of the Year, Children’s Nonfiction
- Publishers Weekly 2008 Cuffie Award, Best Nonfiction Treatment of a Subject, Honorable Mention
- Scripps-Howard News Service Favorite Children's Book of 2008
- www.ourwhitehouse.org named a 2009 American Library Association “Great Websites for Kids”
