Pub Date: January 3, 2012
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2011013322
Lexile Code: 0660
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 11.10" L x 8.80" W ( 0.95 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Presidents and First Families US | Historical | History | United States Colonial and Revolutionary Periods
Series: Mount Rushmore Presidential
Description: The fifth of 10 children, George Washington was a dreamer, a hard worker, an athlete, and a peacemaker. By the time he was 15 he had handwritten for himself the "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." These were his rules to live by. Based on this little known historical document, this is George Washington's life from boyhood to his presidency. Full color.
Brief description: Frank Keating has held many positions in public office, including Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Treasury and Associate Attorney General of the United States. He was elected Governor of Oklahoma in 1995 and completed his term in January of 2003. He lives in Oklahoma.
Review Quotes: "By the age of 15, George Washington had written out a list of precepts taught to him by his teachers, the "Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation," by which he lived and was guided throughout his life.
Excerpts from this little-known historical document appear throughout this stolid picture-book biography of our first president, in which Washington describes some salient details of his life and career in the first person... Wimmer's paintings are masterful and dramatic ..." Kirkus Reviews