This book, though actually a story about a young boy whose name is George Washington, reads like a biography of the man himself. George Washington Allen is a boy who obviously shares a namesake with the famous first president. He seeks to find out everything there is to know about his hero. The book chronicles the life of the famous soldier and politician from Virginia and tells it through the eyes of our protagonist. The book gives examples of how students can do research to find answers to questions that they have.

I love this book because it is not a dry social studies read, rather, it is a fun way to study a famous historical figure. I would love to pair it with a social studies assignment that focuses on Washington and the revolutionary war. It would work well for a 3rd-5th grade level, and could be read to the students, or the students reading it themselves.

This book tells the life of George Washington through the eyes of a young boy. The young boy was named George, after Washington and shared the same birthday as the former president.
Genre: Historical Fiction

Sad that this is apparently still being used in schools. I thought this was boring and stupid as a child, but I assumed it disappeared with time.

I think this is a great story about how a child relates to history. He was very interested in finding out something personal about a towering historical icon that he happened to share a name and a birthday with. This story follows the boy until he finds out and how he does is a surprise. Very nice book.

I read this years ago with our older boys in our homeschool. We loved the idea about being curious about a historical person. Later we also went to Mount Vernon just as George Allen did in this story. We even made the hoecakes on a cast iron griddle instead of a hoe in the fire just like the Allen family. This is not a read and reread story but I am glad we read it. I have reread this again to pass it on to the grandkids. I encourage you to add this book in as you learn about the early years of The United Stares of America.

This book is outdated, but I love it anyway. A boy wants to find out what George Washington ate for breakfast, so that he can have the same thing. It's a wonderful story for introducing the research process to children. I wish it could be updated to include researching online. Still, a nice place to start.

Did you know George Washington ate breakfast "about seven o'clock on three small Indian hoe cakes and as many dishes of tea?" That's what George W. Allen, learned about the man whom he was named for because the two were born on the same day. Not only that, the curious young lad also learned other incidentals about our first president, such as, he had 10 hunting dogs, all named, and he liked to count things. A delightful book, and nicely illustrated, too.

Avery fun read!

This is a great book for humanizing George Washington. You learn obscure details about George Washington including his shoe size, the names of his 10 hunting dogs, and that his famously ruined teeth got that way by using them to crack walnuts when he was young.

The ending makes for an easy mini-lesson on inferences.

This was a fun read, especially for a retired librarian! George Washington Allen loves that he shares a name and birthday with the first president of this country! So he wants to know everything about him! It suddenly struck him while eating breakfast: he didn’t know what the President would have eaten for breakfast! He tries different ways of finding out (the one way this shows its age is that the internet was never used of course!) and finally runs down the answer! Fun read, I’d say good for grade 3 readers, less if being read to kids!