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Also by Ramin Ganeshram:

A Birthday Cake for George Washington, January 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
America I Am Pass It Down Cookbook, February 2011
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Also by Vanessa Brantley-Newton:

A Birthday Cake for George Washington, January 2016
Hardcover / e-Book

A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON
By: Ramin Ganeshram, Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Scholasic Press
January 2016
On Sale: January 5, 2016
32 pages
ISBN: 0545538238
EAN: 9780545538237
Kindle: 9780545777
Hardcover / e-Book
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Everyone is buzzing about the president's birthday! Especially George Washington's servants, who scurry around the kitchen preparing to make this the best celebration ever. Oh, how George Washington loves his cake! And, oh, how he depends on Hercules, his head chef, to make it for him. Hercules, a slave, takes great pride in baking the president's cake. But this year there is one problem--they are out of sugar.

This story, told in the voice of Delia, Hercules's young daughter, is based on real events, and underscores the loving exchange between a very determined father and his eager daughter, who are faced with an unspoken, bittersweet reality. No matter how delicious the president's cake turns out to be, Delia and Papa will not taste the sweetness of freedom.

New York Times food writer Ramin Ganeshram and acclaimed illustrator Vanessa Brantley-Newton serve up a slice of history in a picture book narrative that will surely satisfy.

Media Buzz

Good Morning America - January 18, 2016