#24 Meet Abraham Lincoln

Meet Abraham Lincoln
Author: Patricia A. Pingry
Illustrator: Stephanie McFetridge Britt
Ideals Childrens Books, 2009
28 Pages

Non-Fiction

I opened this book and started reading to realize that it was a storybook version of the life of Abraham Lincoln. It tells in very simple, yet detailed, terms about his life as a young boy, how he became a lawyer and later a president, and then ended slavery. It paints a picture of how remember and honor him even today.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. He and his family moved to Indiana in 1816. He lost his mother when he was nine years old, but his father later remarried. He loved to learn so he became a lawyer. He married Mary Todd, who gave him 4 children. He was elected President of the United States of America and did much for his country. He ended slavery when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He was later killed at Ford Theater in Washington D.C. by an actor named John Wilkes Booth.
The illustrations in this book look to be colored pencil, ink, and maybe a little oil pastel. There are pretty colors, as it almost looks cartoonish.
I would choose this book for any grade between first and third grade. The juvenile presence of it would most likely appeal more to that age group.
This book would be a great book to pull when talking about the end of slavery. There is information in the book about how Lincoln did not like the treatment and selling of slaves, thus leading him to later free them as President.