Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

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On Sale: Oct 4, 2018
Page Count: 56 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781368027021

The role of First Lady has been defined differently by each woman who’s held it, but all of them left an impact on our nation as partner of the commander in chief. Incisive poetry by Marilyn Singer and energetic art by Nancy Carpenter provide a fascinating glimpse into the lives of women-from Martha Washington to Eleanor Roosevelt to Lady Bird Johnson-who variously embraced the position and shied away from it, craved the spotlight and fiercely guarded their privacy, took controversial stands and championed for the status quo. Detailed back matter includes short biographies, quotations, and more.

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PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS
2015 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee
PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS
2015 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist
PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS
2014 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor
PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS

"A visually explosive mixture of fact and verse, this may not be the first presidential poetry collection for kids out there, but by gum it's the best."
Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production
PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS

"Singer shows mastery of poetic forms."
Kirkus Reviews
PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS

"[I]mpressive. . . . [A] wonderful teaching tool."
School Library Journal, starred review
PRAISE FOR RUTHERFORD B., WHO WAS HE?: POEMS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS

"[Singer] infuses the familiar with new meaning."
Publishers Weekly

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Marilyn Singer

About the Author

Marilyn Singer is the author of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including Have You Heard About Lady Bird?: Poems About Our First Ladies; Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems About Our Presidents; Feel the Beat!: Dance Poems that Zing from Salsa to Swing; Mirror Mirror; Echo Echo; and Monster Museum. She lives with her husband and a variety of creatures in Brooklyn, New York, and Washington, Connecticut. Visit her at http://www.marilynsinger.net.

Ryan McAmis is a designer and illustrator whose clients have included the Washington Post, British GQ, Esquire UK, Politico, the Wall Street Journal, NYU, the Observer, Glamour, New Statesman, InStyle, National Journal, Soho House London, Les Echos, La Vanguardia, Mother London, Apple, and the Economist. Ryan is based in Brooklyn, New York, where he is currently at work building a miniature scale model of an Italian Gothic cathedral. Find out more at ryanmcamis.com.

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