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Square Fish, 2007-26-12

George Washington's Teeth

George Washington's Teeth

Deborah Chandra, Author, Madeleine Comora, Author

Brock Cole, Illustrator

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9780312376048

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From battling toothaches while fighting the British, to having rotten teeth removed by his dentists, readers get a tongue-in-cheek dental history of the Father of His Country, who suffered all his life with tooth problems.
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Keywords and Themes: Biography & Autobiography • History • JNF007130 • JNF025190 • Juvenile Nonfiction • Presidents & First Families (U.S.) • United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 40

Subjects • Washington • George • Tooth loss • United States • Diaries • Presidents • Teeth • Health

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & First Families (U.S.)

In this reverentially funny tale from Deborah Chandra written in verse and based on Washington's letters, diaries, and other historical records, readers will find out what really happened as they follow the trail of lost teeth to complete tooflessness.

From battling toothaches while fighting the British, to having rotten teeth removed by his dentists, the Father of His Country suffered all his life with tooth problems. Yet, contrary to popular belief, he never had a set of wooden teeth. Starting at the age of twenty-four, George Washington lost on average a tooth a year, and by the time he was elected president, he had only two left!

Illustrated in watercolors with subtle humor by Brock Cole, George Washington's Teeth is followed by a four-page time line featuring reproduced period portraits of Washington.

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