Who Named Their Pony Macaroni? Poems About White House Pets

Learn about presidents, their families, and their pets in this fun and fascinating book of poems, just right for poetry month in April or any time of the year.

A celebrity cow. A mischievous snake. A pampered raccoon. A ghostbusting dog. These are just some of the pets you'll learn about in Who Named Their Pony Macaroni? After all, the White House has been home to more than just presidents—who could forget the furry, scaly, feathered friends who impressed the press, guarded their charges, and kept First Families company through their ups and downs? Marilyn Singer's compelling poems and Ryan McAmis's mixed-media illustrations will delight readers with stories of the creatures who sat beside our country's leaders, and introduce intriguing connections between the animals and the administrations they accompanied. Just right for kids who love animals, history, or both, and includes more detail in the back of the book!
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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 LadiesRutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems About Our PresidentsFeel the Beat!: Dance Poems that Zing from Salsa to SwingMirror MirrorEcho Echo and Monster Museum. She lives with her husband and a variety of creatures in Brooklyn, New York, and Washington, Connecticut. Visit her at 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.