01913cam a2200325 4500 252268544 TxAuBib 20160101120000.0 110505s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011013322 9781416954828 hardback 1416954821 hardback DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Keating, Francis Anthony, 1944- George [Book] : George Washington, our founding father / Frank Keating ; paintings by Mike Wimmer. George Washington, our founding father. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. 31 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. "A Paula Wiseman Book.". Includes bibliographical references. "The fifth of ten children, George Washington was a dreamer, a hard worker, an athlete, and a peacemaker. By the time he was fifteen he had handwritten for himself the "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." These were his rules to live by. He could not have known what his future would hold...and these rules speak to who he was as a boy and a man. Based on this little known historical document, this is George Washington's life from boyhood to his presidency"-- Provided by publisher. 20160101. Washington, George 1732-1799 Juvenile literature. Presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature. JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Political. Wimmer, Mike, ill. http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1247/2460247/image/lgcover.9781416954828.jpg Cover image