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Hopkinson, Deborah

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale

40 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-83768-5 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-93768-2 $19.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by John Hendrix. Lincoln himself would be hard-pressed to beat Hopkinson's considerable skill in recounting this incident from childhood, in which a friend saved him from drowning. Metafictive elements (Hopkinson's personal comments, Hendrix's illustrations in situ on the drawing board) provide immediacy. Best of all, Hopkinson addresses the unknowns: "For that's the thing about history--if you weren't there, you can't know for sure."
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2008

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