Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) - Hardcover

Kathleen Krull, Krull; Paul Brewer, Brewer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 015206639X ISBN 13: 9780152066390

Verlag: HMH Books, 2010

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Book by Krull Kathleen

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* "Children will be drawn in by the straightforward prose, and librarians will enjoy sharing the book aloud. Innerst's colorful and unconventional acrylic illustrations cover the entire page and are the perfect complement to both the text and the subject matter, making this a standout biography."
--School Library Journal, starred review

* "Readers will smile, too, at this lighthearted look at Lincoln and the many droll quotations attributed to him."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Laughter is not only good medicine. It can also be a political tool, human motivator, and saving grace, as the authors show in this upbeat overview of Lincoln's life."
--Booklist

"Innerst's gorgeous, textured paintings, many of them caricatures, are varied and inventive: When Lincoln's great height is described in the text, his head and feet are cropped off the page. It's a quirkily specific biography, but, as with Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora's wonderful George Washington's Teeth, illustrated by Brock Cole (2003), it reveals the human side of an American icon in an unusual, lively and thought-provoking way."
--Kirkus Reviews

Reseña del editor:

Focuses on the 16th president's sense of humor and its transforming role in a presidency challenged by civil war and unpopularity, in an accessible portrait that also describes Lincoln's talents as a comic storyteller.

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• Verlag: HMH Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 015206639X
• ISBN 13: 9780152066390
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 40
• Zeichner: Stacy Innerst Innerst