Publisher Description

Learn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls "a moving tribute to the power of books and words." In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and pa. He traced letters in sand, snow, and dust. He borrowed books and walked miles to bring them back. When he grew up, he became the sixteenth president of the United States. His name was Abraham Lincoln. He loved books.
They changed his life.
He changed the world.

Author Biography

Kay Winters was a classroom teacher and a college instructor before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of Wolf Watch, named to the Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year list, and also an ABA Kids' Pick of the Lists. Other books include Tiger Trail, Did You See What I Saw?: Poems About School, and the Teeny Tiny Ghost series. She loves visiting schools to speak about her books. Kay lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Earl. Visit her Web site at KayWinters.com. Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt, Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine, Fannie in the Kitchen, and Loud Emily, among other books. Her works have garnered many honors, including two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at NancyCarpenter.website.

Prizes

Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2009
Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Picture Book) 2006
Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (Primary) 2005

Long Description

In a tiny log cabina boy listened with delightto the storytelling of his ma and pa.He traced letters in sand, snow, and dust.He borrowed books and walked miles to bring them back.When he grew up,he became the sixteenth president of the United States. His name was Abraham Lincoln.He loved books.They changed his life.He changed the world.

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