Lincoln: A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies)

My husband and I were reading this book over each other's shoulders. The book is so well written that you get a feeling that you now know Lincoln after you are done reading. The author fleshed out who Lincoln was and how he became this extremely famous president. I liked that the author wrote about the war and surrounding events so we could see how they affected Lincoln and vice versa. One note, the soft cover edition is falling apart even after one reading... get a big rubber band to go with the book! But don't let that dissuade you from buying this book.

This is a wonderful book about Abraham Lincoln. It's the very first book that I read on him when i was about eleven or twelve years old. It's still one of my favorites because it has quick easy to read information. The pictures are beautiful to look at.
This is also a really good way to get kids interested in Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. It's what got me started really.
All though it seems kind of childish to me now. it still really is a very good book to learn from.
With this references book, you will also learn about some key figures in Lincoln's life. Such as Mary Ann Todd and Josuah F. Speed. There is also some good information on them from an introduction on Lincoln.
What I also like about the book is that it doesn't really talk on about the myth of Lincoln.
But the author tries to talk about the man himself instead. There are also some pictures of Abraham and Mary's first house in Springfield. Illinois, and a lot of other nice pictures.
I very much recommend this book to any one who is knew at learning about the 16th President of the United States of America.