Product: George Washington's Teeth
Category: Presidents Day
Books for Kids
Age: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary
George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra, Madeleine
Comora, Brock Cole (Illustrator)
A tongue-in-cheek dental history of our first President
"Poor George had two teeth in his mouth
The day the votes came in.
The people had a President,
But one afraid to grin."
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! In this reverentially funny tale 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.
Illustrated in watercolors with subtle humor by Brock Cole, the main
story is followed by a four-page time line featuring reproduced period
portraits of Washington.