George washingtons birthday a mostly true tale is a childrens picture book written by margaret mcnamara and illustrated by barry blitt it is a biographical picture book of george washington as today is the washingtons birthday 22 february i thought it would be apropos to read this book. This item george washingtons birthday a mostly true tale by margaret mcnamara hardcover 1650 only 17 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazoncom. George washingtons birthday npr coverage of george washingtons birthday a mostly true tale by margaret mcnamara and barry blitt news author interviews critics picks and more. One morning young george washington woke up and he realized that it was his seventh birthday unfortunately his day began just as so many days did he ate his porridge and then went to the library to have a lesson with his half brother usually george was good at doing arithmetic but this cold morning he struggled