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The president's stuck in the bathtub : poems about the presidents / by Susan Katz ; illustrated by Robert Neubecker.

Author/creator Katz, Susan, 1945-
Other author/creatorNeubecker, Robert illustrator.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBoston : Clarion Books, ©2012.
Description64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Where didn't George Washington sleep? : George Washington, 1789-97 -- His majesty, the President : John Adams, 1797-1801 -- Decisions, decisions : Thomas Jefferson, 1801-9 - A Presidential morsel : James Madison, 1809-17 -- A White House visit : James Monroe, 1817-25 -- The naked truth : John Quincy Adams, 1825-29 -- Spelling be : Andrew Jackson, 1829-37 -- The President's O.K. : Martin Van Buren, 1837-41 -- The long and the short of it : William Henry Harrison, 1841 -- A party for the president : John Tyler, 1841-45 -- How the west was won : James K. Polk, 1845-49 -- Overdue mail : Zachary Taylor, 1849-50 -- Forgotten : Millard Fillmore, 1850-53 -- O Christmas tree! : Franklin Pierce, 1853-57 -- Funny-looking : James Buchanan, 1857-61 -- Hatbox : Abraham Lincoln, 1861-65 -- The President's bargain : Andrew Johnson, 1865-69 -- Out hunting : Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-77 -- The President's on the phone : Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-81 -- Captain Garfield : James A. Garfield, 1881 -- "Hail to the Chief" : Chester A. Arthur, 1881-85 -- Double take : Grover Cleveland, 1885-89, 1893-97 -- The President sees the light : Benjamin Harrison, 1889-93 -- Yankee Doodle Dandy : William McKinley, 1897-1901 -- The White House gang : Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-9 -- The President's stuck in the bathtub : William Howard Taft, 1909-13 -- Baaad sheep : Woodrow Wilson, 1913-21 -- Would you repeat that? : Warren G. Harding, 1921-23 -- A penny for your thoughts : Calvin Coolidge, 1923-29 -- Lost in translation : Herbert Hoover, 1929-33 -- A dog's life : Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-45 -- A haunting story : Harry S. Truman, 1945-53 -- Liking Ike : Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-61 -- Elevator operator : John F. Kennedy, 1961-63 -- LBJ : Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-69 -- A Presidential memo : Richard M. Nixon, 1969-74 -- President What's-His-Name : Gerald R. Ford, 1974-77 -- President attacked by rabbit : Jimmy Carter, 1977-81 -- Madame Mitterrand wouldn't move : Ronald Reagan, 1981-89 -- Vegetating : George H. W. Bush, 1989-93 -- Comeback kid : Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 -- Language terriers : George W. Bush, 2001-9 -- Yo mama : Barack Obama, 2009- -- Presidential notes and quotes.
Abstract A poetic celebration of lesser-known presidential events and eccentricities.
Audience NC 1070 Lexile
LCCN 2011009640
ISBN9780547182216
ISBN054718221X

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