Our White House

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out compiled by the National Children’s Book & Literacy Alliance reviewed by Linda Bryant, Hoyt Library Children’s Department
Candlewick Press, 2008, 230 pages, $29.99
Recommended for ages 10 & up


With another historic event set to take place on January 20, this creative anthology is both welcome and timely. This look at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue offers a dynamic view of the people who built it, lived in it and have been touched by it in some way. Over 100 authors and illustrators contributed essays, short stories, reflections and glorious illustrations to this handsome volume. Whether sharing at home or in the classroom, readers will gain new understanding and appreciation for “the people’s house.” As author Sarah Stewart writes in her essay, Visiting the White House, “We are all Americans and the White House belongs to all of us.”