Resources About Abraham Lincoln

With so many references to Abraham Lincoln, during Obama’s Inauguration festivities, I thought it would be helpful to have some resources so youngsters could learn more about our 16th President.  He was criticized during his term in office, blamed for mistakes in the Civil War fought during those years, and was considered uneducated and without intelligence.
As the years and decades passed, historians have discovered he was a brilliant leader and had great strategy during the war.  Often history will prove presidents right when, at the time, many say they were failures.

Abraham Lincoln for Kids: His Life & Times with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Janis Herbert

A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln (Picture Book Biography) by David A. Adler

A. Lincoln and Me by Louise Borden

Abraham Lincoln and His Family Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney

You Are There: Abraham Lincoln’s Greatest Moments: The Emancipation Proclamation/The Gettysburg Address (DVD) starring Walte Cronkite and Paul Birch

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America by Allen C. Guelzo

Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln (The Story of the Gettysburg Address) by Jean Fritz

Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips (One of my favorite books about Lincoln)

Emancipation Proclamation Silk Necktie (produced for the NY Historical Society from Lincoln’s handwritten original)

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