George Washington's Birthday: A Mostly True Tale, (Hardcover)

from alizastein

Today the whole country recognizes and celebrates President Washington's birthday, but in this story George wakes up on his seventh birthday, yet his whole family is so busy it seems no one remembered his special day. This picture book tells a fictional, narrative story of our first president as ...

from jjpionke

Illustrated in watercolor pastels, this picture book tells a fictional story about George Washington's seventh birthday. In part what makes this book so delightful is that there are sidebars that tell the reader if that part of the story is a truth or a myth about George Washington. The text is l...

from AbigailAdams26

A delightful mixture of historical fiction and historical fact, George Washington's Birthday imagines the activities of its eponymous hero on his seventh birthday. Although the events chronicled are fictitious - George's conversations with his parents and his half-brother Augustine, his chopping ...

from missbrandysue

This book follows the childhood of George Washington, exploring the truth behind the tales of him chopping down the cherry tree and throwing the rock over the Rappahannock River. It also talks about the list of good behaviors he wrote as a young man that he called "110 Rules of Civility and Decen...

from Sullywriter

An entertaining mix of facts and myths about the founding father. Good illustrations.