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Krull, Kathleen , Brewer, Paul

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

32 pp. | Harcourt | April, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-206639-0 $17.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Stacy Innerst. It's his sense of humor, rather than a single wisecrack, that Krull and Brewer explore through Lincoln's quips. Departing from Lincoln's levity is the inclusion of less amusing, but perhaps more instructive, information on his love of language, grammar, and elocution. Innerst displays his own sense of humor by creating near-caricatures that exaggerate Lincoln's long, lanky frame and numerous bad hair days. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2010