Presidential Misadventures
Poems That Poke Fun at the Man in Charge
Roaring Brook Press · Print & ebook · January 27, 2015
A spoonful of poetry helps the mockery go down!
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- Who it’s for
- Forty-three clerihews make presidential history playful, teasing, and pleasantly easy to read aloud.
- Themes
- Satire of U.S. presidents, Humorous historical poetry
- Genres
- Funny Poems, Presidents & First Families for Kids, Civics & Government
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A spoonful of poetry helps the mockery go down! This collection of presidential poems is historical and hysterical. The clerihew is a simple poetic form specifically invented to make fun of famous people—and who is more famous than the misbehaving presidents of the United States? Here are forty-three poems teasing the commander-in-chief that are fun to read aloud and even more fun to write yourself.
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From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes a new collection filled with zingers, humdingers, and Presidential Misadventures.
History With a Jab
Forty-three clerihews make presidential history playful, teasing, and pleasantly easy to read aloud.
Come here for
- Witty poems aimed at famously misbehaving presidents
- A poetic form made for poking fun at famous people
Expect
- Historical humor in short, read-aloud verse
- A nudge to try writing clerihews yourself
Where it sits
| Presidents & First Families for Kids | 85% |
|---|---|
| Funny Poems | 81% |
| Civics & Government | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Presidents & First Families for Kids
- Funny Poems
- Authors
- Bob Raczka
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Published
- January 27, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Satire of U.S. presidents · Humorous historical poetry
- Reading lane
- Presidents & First Families for Kids