Honest Abe Lincoln: Easy-to-read Stories About Abraham Lincoln (Holiday House Reader)
Grade 1–3—Seven two- to four-page chapters offer a simplified overview of our 16th president. Subjects include Lincoln's birth and pioneer life, his storytelling, and his honesty working as a store clerk; 11-year-old Grace Bedell's request that he grow a beard; and, finally, his term as president, a chapter that includes the reasons behind the Civil War and the assassination. Wallner's cartoonlike watercolors, which fill about half of each page, depict Lincoln with light or blond hair. Adler lists four sources and includes four notes on the text and a short time line. This book provides the kinds of details that reluctant young historians will welcome.—Janet S. Thompson, Chicago Public LibraryCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.