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The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

By Candace Fleming

By Candace Fleming

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Hardcover $24.99

Oct 14, 2008 | ISBN 9780375836183 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming
Hardcover $24.99
Oct 14, 2008 | ISBN 9780375836183

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About The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

The award-winning author of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, and his complex wife—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. The Lincolns received four starred reviews and won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Non-Fiction, making this the perfect addition to any collection.

Here are the extraordinary lives of Abraham and Mary, from their disparate childhoods and tumultuous courtship, through the agony of the Civil War, to the loss of three of their children, and finally their own tragic deaths. Readers can find Mary’s recipe for Abraham’s favorite cake—and bake it themselves; hear what Abraham looked like as a toddler; see a photo of the Lincolns’ dog; discover that the Lincoln children kept goats at the White House; see the Emancipation Proclamation written in Lincoln’ s own hand. Perfect for reluctant readers as well as history lovers, The Lincolns provides a living breathing portrait of a man, a woman, and a country.

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About Candace Fleming

 Why did I write Clever Jack Takes the Cake? Mostly for fun, but also because I wanted to try my hand at writing a fairy tale. I do that a lot as a writer—challenge myself to try new things—and tackling… More about Candace Fleming

Product Details

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

Hardcover | $24.99
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Oct 14, 2008 | 200 Pages | 9 x 11-3/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375836183

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Praise

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 2008:
"The scrapbook technique . . . remains fresh and lively, a great way to provide a huge amount of information in a format that invites both browsing and in-depth study."

Starred Review, Booklist, September 15, 2008:
"Fleming offers another standout biographical title, this time twining accounts of two lives—Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln—into one fascinating whole."

Starred Review, School Library Journal, October 2008:
"It’s hard to imagine a more engaging or well-told biography of the Lincolns."

Starred Review, Horn Book Magazine, November/December 2008:
"Fleming is able to compare and contrast the president with his first lady, giving us not only greater insight into each of them but also a fuller picture of the world in which they lived."

Review, New York Times Book Review, November 9, 2008:
"The format of ‘The Lincolns’ may be aimed at young readers, but, given Candace Fleming’s unerring eye for the dramatic quotation (with the Lincolns, there were a lot of those), this birth-to-death biography of Mary and Abraham is hard to put down even for readers who know the story."

Review, New York Times Book Review, November 16, 2008:
"This dual biography is hard to put down, even if you know the story."

Awards

ALA Notable Children’s Book WINNER

Book Links Lasting Connection WINNER 2008

Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice WINNER 2008

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award WINNER 2009

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices WINNER

Horn Book Fanfare WINNER 2008

IRA Teachers’ Choices WINNER

Kid’s Indie Next List “Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers” WINNER 2008

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year WINNER 2008

New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award NOMINEE

Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award NOMINEE

Great Lakes Book Award FINALIST 2009

L.A. Times Book Prize FINALIST 2008

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