Long, Tall Lincoln

by Jennifer Dussling, Chin Ko (Illustrator)

Overview

Abraham Lincoln didn’t look like a president. He didn’t always act like a president, either—he liked to wrestle with his sons and tell jokes. But he always fought for fairness, freedom, and unity.

Beginning readers will learn about the milestones in Abraham Lincoln’s life in this Level Two I Can Read biography, which combines a traditional, illustrated narrative with historical photographs at the back of book. Complete with a timeline, photographs, and little-known facts about the United States’ sixteenth president: the long and tall Abraham Lincoln.

Long, Tall Lincoln is a Level Two I Can Read, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062432551
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/20/2017
Series:	I Can Read Book 2 Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	109,744
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Chin Ko is a production designer, visual-development artist, illustrator, and entrepreneur. His work has helped bring to life many animated shorts, feature films, and video games. He is based in Los Angeles, where he lives with his lovely wife and their new child.

Editorial Reviews

A concise, lively, presidential biography.

Booklist

Abraham Lincoln’s ascent to the presidency is recounted in a fluid, easy-to-read biography for early readers. Simple, direct sentences stress Lincoln’s humble upbringing, his honesty, and his devotion to acting with moral conviction.

Stephanie Garber

Abraham Lincoln’s ascent to the presidency is recounted in a fluid, easy-to-read biography for early readers. Simple, direct sentences stress Lincoln’s humble upbringing, his honesty, and his devotion to acting with moral conviction. — Kirkus Reviews

A concise, lively, presidential biography. — Booklist

From the Publisher

A concise, lively, presidential biography.

Booklist

2017-03-06
Abraham Lincoln's ascent to the presidency is recounted in a fluid, easy-to-read biography for early readers.Simple, direct sentences stress Lincoln's humble upbringing, his honesty, and his devotion to acting with moral conviction. "Lincoln didn't seem like a man who would be president one day. But he studied hard and became a lawyer. He cared about people and about justice." Slavery and Lincoln's signature achievement of emancipation are explained in broad yet defined, understandable analogies. "At that time, in the South, the law let white people own black people, just as they owned a house or a horse." Readers are clearly given the president's perspective through some documented memorable quotes from his own letters. "Lincoln did not like slavery. ‘If slavery is not wrong,' he wrote to a friend ‘nothing is wrong.' " (The text does not clarify that this letter was written in 1865 and not before he ascended to the presidency, as implied by the book.) As the war goes on and Lincoln makes his decision to free the slaves in the "Southern states"—"a bold move"—Lincoln's own words describe his thinking: " ‘If my name ever goes into history,' Lincoln said, ‘it will be for this act.' " A very basic timeline, which mentions the assassination unaddressed in the text, is followed by backmatter providing photographs, slightly more detailed historical information, and legacy. It's a pity that the text is accompanied by unremarkable, rudimentary opaque paintings. A succinct, edifying read, but don't buy it for the pictures. (Informational early reader. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews