A Birthday Cake for George Washington

by Ramin Ganeshram and Vanessa Brantley-Newton

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• Grade
• 1-5
• Genre
• Historical Fiction
• Holiday
• Cultural Area
• African American

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: 760L
• ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available

• Curricular Area
• English Language Arts
• History
• Social Studies

• Subject Headings
• Fathers and daughters,Birthday cakes,George,United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods,Slavery Fiction,Washington,Philadelphia (Pa.) History 18th century Juvenile fiction,Cooks Fiction,Historical,Cooks Juvenile fiction,1732-1799 Fiction,Holidays & Celebrations,Cake,Philadelphia (Pa.),Birthdays,African Americans,History,Birthday cakes Juvenile literature,Slavery,1732-1799 Juvenile fiction,1783-1815,United States,18th century,Fathers and daughters Juvenile fiction,People & Places,Cake Fiction,United States - African-American,United States History 1783-1815 Fiction,Slaves Juvenile fiction,Cooks,Fathers and daughters Fiction,United States History 1783-1815 Juvenile fiction,Ages 9-12 Fiction,Philadelphia (Pa.) History 1783-1815 Fiction,Juvenile Fiction,Children's Books,African Americans Juvenile fiction,Slaves,African Americans Fiction

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