Picture Book #11

George Washington's Teeth

 by Deborah Chandra & Madeleine Comora 

Illustrator: Brock Cole

Genre: Biography, Juvenile Non-Fiction 
Subgenre: Picture Book

Themes: Dental Hygiene, Inventions  

Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary - George Washington
Secondary - Martha Washington, the dentist

Date Published: 2003

Publishing Company: Farrar Straus Giroux 

Summary: Behind the scenes of the Revolutionary War George Washington battled tooth lost.   

How this book could be used to teach students: This book could be used to teach students some facts about the first President. 


A little extra: Myth George Washington never had a set of wooden teeth.