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Mr. Lincoln's Boys: Being the Mostly True Adventures of Abraham Lincoln's Trouble-Making Sons, Tad and Willie
40 pp.
| Viking |
October, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-670-06169-3$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Bagram Ibatoulline.
Rabin shows Lincoln's spirited young sons tormenting the White House staff and getting their dad to formally pardon their soldier doll (a true event, according to the appended author's note). The down-homey prose spotlights Lincoln's big-heartedness. Ibatoulline's accomplished painterly illustrations display the boys' hijinks. Websites. Bib.