A Picture Book of George Washington

A Picture Book of George Washington

Title: A Picture Book of George Washington

Genre: Biography

Author: David A. Adler

Illustrator: John & Alexandra Wallner

Awards: None

Age group: 6-11 year olds

This book is a great picture book biography of the life of George Washington. I believe this book really captures the important dates in the life of this important man.

Summary:

This book takes you through the beginning of George Washington’s life and through important events or facts. Like for example he enjoyed surveying, it tells of how he joined the Virginia army, then married and moved to Mount Vernon and more. It also tells of how he was the leader of the Continental army and the splitting between England and the Americans and how he becomes the first president of the United States. It then tells of what happened toward the end of his life and when he sadly died. It ends with a great quote; it says that George was “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen”.

I believe I could use this book in the classroom because it is a short and simple informational book on George Washington that could be used for small projects or an introduction to learning about this famous historical man.

The appropriate grade level for this book is 3rd-5th grade .This book is quite brief with its facts for an informational book that’s why I believe it would be better for the younger upper grades then it would be for older grades for knowing facts. But, this book does do a great job shortening the main points in this historical persons history. Also, the books pictures go quite well with the story.

I believe I could use this book when talking about famous historical people, maybe as a read aloud. Another way this book could be used in the classroom is for individual research projects because this book lays out all the important facts on George Washington’s life.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy