Product Description

Recounts the childhood of the man who was President during the Civil War.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87516 in Books
• Published on: 1986-10-31
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780020420309
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From AudioFile
This series of vignettes from Lincoln's life, as the series states, deals with his childhood in the main but does end a day or two before his assassination. Each of the vignettes could almost stand by itself, and the entire work has the quality of a hagiography. Lloyd James has a soft, resonant baritone that is easily understandable. Using the same basic voice for narrative as well as dialogue, his understated reading changes inflection skillfully to distinguish characters. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Customer Reviews

A lot better than I thought it would be!
My mom was always encouraging me to read biograhies. One day, my mom sat me on a chair and forced me to read at least one chapter. I didn't think I would like it, but I loved it! Tons of info on Abe Lincoln! Some conversations were added to make it more interesting, but most of it was true. I am reading tons of bios from the same series (the Childhood of Famous Americans series). I would encouage everyone to read this book and other books of the series!

Interesting.
This has been one of the more interesting biographys I read. This book focoses in more on his childhood than more on his life in polotics.

Engaging
This is not a biography, per se. The "Childhood of Famous Americans" books are a series of fictionalized accounts of the youth of famous Americans. The conversations and scenarios are made up, to show the character formation of the famous person. The places and names of people seem biographical; the situations are probably not.

Having said that... we like this series very well.

The Abraham Lincoln book conveys the values and choices that children would do well to adopt. But it is subtle -- the chapters are entertaining and engaging. The few illustrations are very clear and good.

My kids are 6 and 3 -- I read the story out loud to them. They listened and enjoyed the book. They asked a lot of questions, about early settlers and problems with Indians, and how did Lincoln's mother and sister die? We used the opportunity to look up the answers to their questions together (Mother - poisoned milk; sister - childbirth)

I recommend this for early elementary and up -- it is a great read as a family and a good chapter book for growing readers.

I especially like the Lincoln book because adventure books and moral books for boys are VERY hard to find, and this met my standards.