cover image THE JOKE'S ON GEORGE

THE JOKE'S ON GEORGE

Michael O. Tunnell, , illus. by Kathy Osborn. . Boyds Mills, $9.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-56397-970-5

When George Washington is invited to his friend Charles Wilson Peale's natural history museum, he falls for a sophisticated practical joke (involving trompe l'oeil). "Though humorous, the author's exclamatory style is sometimes strained," said PW. Ages 6-8. (Sept.)