Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington.Wanting to show readers "How did the living, colorful Lincoln really look, walking down a dusty road...," Harness draws us into this man's life with her intricate, colorful watercolors and quote-filled text. Following the first book, Young Abe Lincoln: The Frontier Days, 1809-1837 (National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. , 1997), this volume starts with his law practice in Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. As reported in the 2000 U.S. Census, the city was home to 111,454 people. The land on which Springfield is today was first settled in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a , and encompasses his marriage and children, "the slavery question," and his assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. . The section dealing with the Civil War is as clear an explanation as one can find for elementary school-age students without being too simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple or overly graphic. While the complete text of the Gettysburg Address Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the most famous and most quoted of modern speeches. is included in the book, you may want to pull out the elegant picture-book edition of Lincoln's speech, The Gettysburg Address (Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers , 1995; 32 pages; $14.95; Grades 4-8), with Michael McCurdy's somber black-and-white illustrations. How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer (National Geographic Society, 1997; 40 pages; $18; Grades 3-8) is another riveting picture book for older students that uses primary sources, in this case the journals of the Corps of Discovery, the band of men traveling with Lewis and Clark, and Shoshoni guide Sacajawea, who describe the dangers and excitement of their successful expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1804. Books like these whet children's appetites for more complex biographies, such as Russell Freedman's Lincoln: A Photobiography (Clarion, 1987; $16.95; 160 pages; Grades 4-8) and Rhoda Blumberg's The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark (Lothrop, 1987; $17. 95; 144 pages; Grades 4-8). JUDY FREEMAN, librarian at Van Holten School in Bridgewater, New Jersey, is the author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For: The Complete Read-Aloud Guide (R.R. Bowker R.R. Bowker, LLC provides information support for the publishing industry in the United States. Bowker is the official U.S. ISBN Agency, the publisher of Books In Print , 1990); More Books Kids Will Sit Still For (R.R. Bowker, 1995; to order, call [888] BOWKER2); and Hi Ho Librario: Songs, Chants, and Stories to Keep Kids Humming, a book and audiocassette for teachers and librarians (Rock Hill Press, 1997; to order, call [888] ROCKHILL). |
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