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Item Nr: B 120007 Title: Presidential Misadventures: Poems That Poke Fun at the Man in Charge
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Raczka, Bob
Length: 44 Prod/Pub: Roaring Brook Press
Copyright: 2015 Series:
Book Type: F Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  A book of poetry about the presidents written in clerihews. The clerihew is a simple poetic form (four-lines) specifically invented to make fun of famous people. Has forty-three poems (with a regular meter), teasing the commander-in-chief. An appendix provides brief back stories to the historical tidbits inspiring each poem. AR 5.1 IL 3-6.

  Subjects:
  65 - AMERICAN POETRY
  290 - CHILDREN'S POETRY
  1296 - LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY
  871 - POETRY
  888 - PRESIDENTS--U.S.