Part I: 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
From the 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
The White House Easter Egg Roll, 2003 / painting by Eric Carle
A big chair to fill / illustration by Leonid Gore.