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Author Krull, Kathleen.

Title Lincoln tells a joke : how laughter saved the president (and the country) / Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Harcourt Children's Books, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Nettels Biography  B LINCOLN    ---  Available
 PCMS Jumpstart Biography  B LINCOLN    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 973.7 Kru    ---  Available
Description [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Indexed In: Booklist, February 15, 2010
Kirkus, March 15, 2010
School library journal starred, March 2010
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, May 2010
Horn book, May 2010
Publishers Weekly starred, March 22, 2010
Summary Focuses on the sixteenth president's sense of humor and its transforming role in a presidency challenged by civil war and unpopularity, in a portrait that also describes Lincoln's talents as a comic storyteller.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Includes bibliographical references.
Audience 005-008. BTSB.
5.2 Perma-Bound Books.
1-4 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Accelerated Reader LG RL 5.2 0.5 136123 GNET PCMS
Source NBK 4/10 PPLY
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Humor.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Joking -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Laughter -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Laughter -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Humor in the workplace -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Presidents.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Presidents.
Joking -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Laughter -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Laughter -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Humor in the workplace -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Added Author Brewer, Paul, 1950-
Innerst, Stacy, illustrator.
ISBN 9780152066390 (lib. bdg.)
015206639X (lib. bdg.)

 
    
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