Introduction / by David McCullough
Looking in, looking out / by Gregory Maguire. Part I: From the foundation up / illustration by Bagram Ibatoulline
The White House first residents / by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Petra Mathers
Testimony of Padraig Tomás Ó 'Deoráin: 1801 / imagined and illustrated by Mary Brigid Barrett
Slaves helped build the White House! / by Walter Dean Myers
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826 / by Milton Meltzer
White House colonial kitchen gardens / by Stephanie Loer ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Jefferson's monstrous bones / by Barbara Kerley
Bones on the floor / illustrated by Brian Selznick
An unusual guest / by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
The capital city in 1800 / illustrated by Mike Reagan.
Part II: Struggling to stand / illustration by Wendell Minor
The White House prepares for war: 1812 / by Ralph Ketcham
The burning of the White House / by Susan Cooper
Dolley Madison rescues George Washington / written and illustrated by Don Brown
The first White House memoir: 1865 / by Paul Jennings ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Another all-American girl / by Meg Cabot
From the walls of the White House / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Robert Byrd
Visiting the Great Father / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Max Grafe
Sneaking into Adams field / by Michael Winerip
Andy and me / by Marguerite W. Davol ; illustrated by Tom Pohrt
The White House cow / by Richard Peck ; illustrated by Barry Root.
Part III: annexation and division / illustration by Timothy Basil Ering
From American notes / by Charles Dickens ; illustrated by Claire Nivola
On looking into dresses worn by the "First Ladies" of the White House (paper doll cut-outs), 1938 / by Nancy Willard ; illustrated with original book cover and paper dolls by Maybelle Mercer
Elizabeth Keckly: seamstress to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, 1861-1865 / by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
High spirits in the Lincoln White House / by Russell Freedman
Mary Todd Lincoln speaks of her son's death, 1862 / by Paul B. Janeczko
Memoir by Mary Henry: eyewitness to the Civil War in the city of Washington
In early April / by Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris Sheban.
Part IV: One lamp lights another / illustration by Nancy Carpenter
Mrs. Cleveland, White House bride / by Jennifer Armstrong
Seven from Ohio (for some reason) / written and illustrated by Natalie Babbitt
The eyes and ears of the public / by Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Andréa Wesson
Theodore Roosevelt's letters to his children / by Leonard S. Marcus
TR's family & friends / illustration by Chris Van Dusen
Storming down the stairs / by Albert Marrin
Executive order for nature / by Jean Craighead George
America's wilderness / illustration by David Slonim
William Howard Taft: president, 1909-1913 / by Virginia Euwer Wolff ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.
Part V: With courage and determination / illustration by Emily Arnold McCully
Eyewitness to history / by Stephanie S. Tolan
Woodrow Wilson's work without end / by Jeannine Atkins ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Hoover's one term / written and illustrated by Matt Phelan
A rainmaker in the White House / by Michael Cooper
Portrait of FDR / illustration by Barry Moser
The four freedoms: from Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to Congress, January 6, 1941
Freedom of speech / illustration by Calef Brown
Freedom to worship / illustration by Peter Sís
Freedom from want / illustration by Ed Young
Freedom from fear / illustration by Stephen Alcorn
Hands / by Patricia MacLachlan ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch
A perfect image / by Linda Sue Park ; illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
A note for the president / by Jerry Spinelli ; illustrated by Terry Widener
The house haunts / by M.T. Anderson ; illustrated by Mark Teague
A prayer for peace: from Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation
Good nights / by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by William Low.
Part VI: The people's house / illustration by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
The Kennedy White House / by Barbara Harrison
The White House, the moon, and a coal miner's son / by Homer Hickam ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda
A White House physician / by James Young, M.D.
A white mouse in the White House / by Anita Silvey
Escape map / by Mark London Williams
The presidential pet / written and illustrated by Stephen Kellogg
My room / by Lynda Johnson Robb ; illustrated by Jane Dyer
White House souvenir / by Polly Horvath ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Robert F. Kennedy's remarks on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black White House/white black house / illustration by Chris Raschka
Watergate White House / illustration by Tony Auth
President Richard M. Nixon's final remarks to the White House staff
President Nixon's letter of resignation.
Part VII: The great house endures / illustration by Roxie Munro
From Christmas in Plains: memories / by Jimmie Carter ; illustrated by Don Powers
The White House / by Jon Sciesczka ; illustrated by Tony Fucile
Ronald Reagan / photograph by Diana Walker
From Ronald Reagan's farewell address to the nation
Letter to George, Jeb, Neil, Marvin, and Doro Bush from George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush / photograph by Diane Walker
The Secret Service / by Jess M. Brallier ; illustrated by David Small
I live in the White House / by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrated by Jim LaMarche
From Meet the press with Tim Russert: Interview with Vice President Dick Cheney, September 16, 2001
FromThe 9/11 Commission report
Visiting the White House / by Sarah Stewart
Backstairs at the White House / illustrations by David Small
The green house / by Megan McDonald
The first pitch / by Stephanie True Peters ; illustrated by Matt Tavares
Wanted: magnanimous, exquisite woman! / by Gigi Amateau
Mrs. Bush inspires a National Book Festival / by John Y. Cole ; poster by Carol Dyer
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.: who's in the White House? / created by Bob Kolar
The White House by moonlight / by Walt Whitman ; illustrated by James Ransome
Notes on sources used by the authors
Copyright acknowledgments and credits for public domain materials
Contributors to Our White House
The White House Easter Egg Roll, 2003 / painting by Eric Carle
A big chair to fill / illustration by Leonid Gore.
