Author: Louise Borden
Title: A. Lincoln and Me
Illustrator: Ted Lewin
Readability Score: Lexile: 650L, DRA: 20-24, Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7, Guided Reading: M
Genre: Biography
Subgenre: Historical Fiction
Theme: Leadership, Pride and Self - Esteem, Bullying, and Historic Figures
Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary - young boy Secondary - Mrs. Giff, Classmates, and brother Sam
Awards/ Date of Publication: 1999
Publishing Company: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-590-45714-4
Summary: A young boy relates to Abraham Lincoln in many ways. He and Lincoln had the same birthday, both tall, both skinny as a beanpole, and both had big hands and feet. Mrs. Giff provides the young boy many facts about Lincoln throughout the story. The young boy begins to compare and contrast his life to Lincoln's. His brother, Sam, tells the young boy he cannot be another Abraham Lincoln. Finally the boy realizes that he can never be Abraham Lincoln, and no one can be another him.
Classroom Teaching Ideas:1. Biography
2. Introduction of Abraham Lincoln
3. Compare and Contrast
4. Coming of Age
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