Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator (Childhood Of Famous Americans) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, ficitonalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.
Lexile Measure: 500L (What's this?)
Series: Childhood of Famous Americans
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Aladdin; Childhood of Famous Americans edition (October 31, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0020420307
ISBN-13: 978-0020420309
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #313,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #96 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > U. S. Presidents & First Ladies #116 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Political #146 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > United States
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 4 - 6
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!
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.
I chose to read Abraham Lincoln the Great Emancipator because I've always liked Abraham Lincoln. I learned from this book that if you respect everyone, they will respect you back their whole life.It starts off mostly with his five year old self, his younger sister Sarah, his father Thomas Lincoln, and his mother in Kentucky along a small creek. He had to walk a long way to school, two miles there and two back. Not long after he started school he was up there with the older kids. Then they made a big move to Indiana where Abe's mother died. He was very upset until Mr. Lincoln came back with a new mother. She had three kids of her own and brought a great amount of supplies. She forces Mr. Lincoln into getting Abe in school. He was a great speaker and he read books so many times that he could tell stories cover to cover. Outside of school, Abe was a great help in the fields. In addition to that he would do anything to help anything God made. They, once again, had to move and headed off for Illinois. Abe was now 21 and it was time to move out and make it on his own. This is when his high amount of respect paid off. Many people had some great things to say about Abe, which probably gave a high amount of votes.I highly recommend this book as a great way to get to know more about Abraham Lincoln.
Child is not a big reader, and just transitioning to chapter books. He really did not expect to love a non-fiction book about a president, but he did. It spurred a lot of conversations about Lincoln when he was young and made this iconic figure seem very real and relatable to my young boy. We used this as part of a homeschooling project and it turned out to be a great buy.
Augusta Stevenson did a fine job with this biography of our 16th President. This book focuses on the childhood of this great man and touches on his many incredible qualities-integrity, discipline, humor, etc. After reading this book, choose others from the series titled Childhood of Famous Americans. You and your children will get to know famous American's from a whole new perspective! Learning together is a great way to bond with your child!
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.
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