“It’s like Anne and Otto Frank baking cookies for Adolf Hitler on Christmas.”
Scholastic is pulling a children's book that some say depicts George Washington's slaves as "happy" and "excited" after it received brutal criticism from people online.
The book, A Birthday Cake For George Washington is a story about the first president's chef, Hercules, and his daughter, Delia, baking a special cake for Washington's birthday.
The story by journalist and author Ramin Ganeshram tells how Hercules and Delia work hard to excitedly make the cake, even though they face "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," the book's description reads.
The book was released on Jan. 5, and was soon inundated with negative reviews on Amazon from angry readers.
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People Are Furious Over This Children's Book About "Happy" Slaves Baking A Cake