George Washington's Socks

{{short description|1991 novel by Elvira Woodruff}}

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| name = George Washington's Socks

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| caption = Cover of a later edition

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| author = Elvira Woodruff

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| country = United States

| series = Time Travel Adventures

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| genre = Children's fiction

| publisher = Scholastic

| pub_date = 1991

| media_type = Print, audiobook

| pages = 166

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| isbn = 0-590-44035-7

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| congress = PZ7.W8606 In 1991

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| followed_by = George Washington's Spy

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George Washington's Socks is a children's novel by Elvira Woodruff.{{cite web|title=Woodruff, Elvira|url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Woodruff__Elvira.html|publisher=Pennsylvania Center for the Book|accessdate=15 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515194633/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Woodruff__Elvira.html|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead}} It was published by Scholastic Books in 1991 and is the first book in her Time Travel Adventures series. The book has been used in classrooms to teach children about social studies and American history.{{cite book|last1=Mindes|first1=Gail|title=Teaching Young Children Social Studies|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=0-275-98228-9|pages=161, 183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0BIB-r7SYH8C&dq=%22George+Washington%27s+Socks%22&pg=PA161|accessdate=15 June 2014}}{{cite journal|last1=Massey|first1=Dixie D|last2=Heafner|first2=Tina L|title=Promoting reading comprehension in social studies|journal=Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy|date=Sep 2004|volume=48|issue=1|page=29|doi=10.1598/JAAL.48.1.3}}