Lincoln Clears a Path: Abraham Lincoln's Agricultural Legacy

by Peggy Thomas (Author) Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Throughout his life, Abraham Lincoln tried to make life easier for others. Then during the darkest days of the Civil War, when everyone needed hope, President Lincoln cleared a path for all Americans to a better future.

As a boy, Abraham Lincoln helped his family break through the wilderness and struggle on a frontier farm. When Lincoln was a young man, friends made it easier for him to get a better education and become a lawyer, so as a politician he paved the way for better schools and roads. President Lincoln cleared a path to better farming, improved transportation, accessible education, and most importantly, freedom.

Author Peggy Thomas uncovers Abraham Lincoln's passion for agriculture and his country while illustrator Stacy Innerst cleverly provides a clear look as President Lincoln strives for positive change.

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Review quotes

★ Why have another book about Abe Lincoln in your library collection? Because this one is special. [It] provides an excellent backdrop for studying various policies in the U.S. government that exist today. It is an impeccable book to introduce the figure of Abraham Lincoln and initiate more research into his life and legacy. —School Library Connection, starred review

Beginning with his family's creation of a farm out of woodland when he was 7 and ending with the Emancipation Proclamation, the narrative follows Lincoln's life experiences as farmer, entrepreneur, and self-educated statesman, all the way to the presidency. Innerst creates engaging, sepia-toned scenes with watercolor-based artwork, and the design of the spreads, with dark paper and handwritten lettering for quotations from Lincoln's writings, gives the feel of old documents. —Kirkus Reviews
Peggy Thomas
Peggy Thomas is the author of multiple picture books, including award-winning Calkins Creek titles Thomas Jefferson Grows a Nation, Farmer George Plants a Nation, and For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson. She is also the co-author of Anatomy of Nonfiction, the only writing guide for children's nonfiction.

Edwin Fotheringham is the illustrator of many picture book biographies, including Blue Grass Boy: The Story of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music; A Home for Mr. Emerson; and Those Rebels, John & Tom. He is also the illustrator of the Tony Baloney series by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Visit edfotheringham.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781684371532
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Calkins Creek Books
Publication date
January 20, 2021
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF051020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Agriculture
JNF025270 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Civil War Period
JNF007130 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & First Families (U.S.)
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
Picture books
United States
Farms
Presidents
Lincoln, Abraham
Agriculture

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