George Washington's Breakfast

Title: George Washington's Breakfast

Author: Jean Fritz 

 llustrator: Paul Galdone

 Genre: Picture Book

This cute informative picture book is about a young boy who was named after our first president, George Washington. George know so much about the president he was named after and they have to many common interests. While eating breakfast, George realizes that he doesn't know what George ate for breakfast. He is now determined to know what he ate. He asks his parents, grandmother and his librarian for help. They search tons of books and encyclopedias but they cannot find out what exactly George Washington ate for breakfast. His parents discuss with him that it might be impossible and that he should think about giving up. George gets really mad because he is NOT a quitter. He storms up to the attic where he finds an extremely old book of random facts that belonged to his grandfather. In the book, he finds out what George Washington ate and his grandma makes it for him as she had promised.


This short picture book had more than just an inspiring plot line to never get up. It used great literary elements that clearly showed who the protagonist and antagonist were. It also described how to use a library for research in the book. This book had a cute plot line while also being informative.


And George Washington's breakfast of choice was...
Hoecakes!