Lincoln and His Boys

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Rarely does a biography so robustly engage the audience's emotions. Publishers Weekly(starred review)

Historians claim him as one of Americas most revered presidents. But to his rambunctious sons, Abraham Lincoln was above all a playful and loving father. Here is Lincoln as seen by two of his boys. With the war raging and the Union under siege, we see history unfolding through Willies eyes and then through Tadsand we see Lincoln rising above his own inborn sadness and personal tragedy through his devotion to his sons. With evocative and engaging illustrations by P.J. Lynch, Rosemary Wells's carefully researched biography gives us a Lincoln not frozen in time but accessible and utterly real.

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Introduces the legendary president through the perspectives of his youngest children, Willie and TadRarely does a biography so robustly engage the audience's emotions.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Captures moments in time, from a child's perspective, in a very momentous life.
Books4YourKids

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Baldwincountynow.com

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Bookmark (The First Book blog)

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Tina Says

This is the story of real people, real children, a real family, as told from the perspective of Lincoln's sons Tad and Willie.
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Author Bio

Rosemary Wellsis an author and illustrator of picture books and has written many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, includingMary on Horseback,a biography of Mary Breckenridge that won the Christopher Medal. While researching a historical novel about the Civil War, she came upon a 200-word fragment by Willie Lincoln about a trip taken with his father, and the idea forFather Abrahamwas born. She lives in Connecticut.

PJ Lynchis an Irish artist who has illustrated several books with American themes, includingThe Christmas Miracle of Jonathan ToomeyandWhen Jessie Came Across the Sea. To illustrateLincoln and His Boys,he traveled with Rosemary Wells to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois, and assembled hundreds of contemporary photographs, daguerreotypes, and etchings of Lincoln. He lives in Dublin.