Books with title George Washington's Teeth

The early life of George Washington in a new, illustrated edition of the classic biography by Sterling North.Before he became the first president of the United States, George Washington was a frontiersman. North fully captures the spirit of the man as he examines Washington's childhood in colonial Virginia, his work as a teenage surveyor, his early experiences as a member of the Virginia militia, and his many adventures before the American Revolution. The fully rounded man who emerges from this captivating portrait is uncomfortable with words, shy around women, completely at home in the outdoors, and deeply in love with the country he helped found.

He was born in a little red brick house that his father had built on the oyster-shell hill. By that time so much land had been cleared that the wilderness was far in the distance" So begins the simple and inauspicious life of George Washington -- a backwoods Virginia boy destined to become the Father of His Country. Meticulously researched, the d'Aulaires hiked and camped all over Virginia as they imbibed the spirit of this great man. The story follows his growth from young boy to surveyor, to soldier in the French and Indian War where he became a war hero. Then George courted Martha Custis and after their marriage they built a thriving plantation at Mount Vernon. The d'Aulaire illustrations reflect the folk-art style they intended, seeking to depict characters that would appear much as the rocking horses and toy soldiers children played with in their nurseries.

America’s story is the story of heroic men and women. They came to a wilderness. In that wilderness they created settlements. Ultimately, they created a nation. They expanded that nation across a continent.Courageous and brave? Yes! Purposeful and fearless? Yes! Selfless and dutiful? Yes! Their stories uplift. Their stories make us proud.George Washington is one of them.For Parents:This book and others published by ngbkids have been checked for reading level (RL).This author pushes RL limits. He uses longer, more difficult sentences. He doesn’t avoid words with more than two syllables. He looks to use punctuation correctly.He strives to increase vocabulary, both active and recognition.This description has a 5.8 reading level. The story RL is a much lower 3.4.

"The twenty-second day of February is a national holiday in America because, as everybody knows, it is the anniversary of George Washington's birthday. All loyal Americans love and honor him, the greatest man in the history of the Republic.He was born in 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, where the Potomac River flowed past his father's farm. The farm-house, called "Wakefield," was burned, but the United States Government built a monument to mark the place where it stood." - Calista McCabe Courtenay