DK Biography Abraham Lincoln: A Photographic Story of a Life - Couverture souple

Stone, Tanya Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0756608341 ISBN 13 : 9780756608347

Editeur : DK Children, 2005

Synopsis

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, led the nation through its darkest hour-the Civil War. Find out about Lincoln's childhood on a frontier farm, how a struggling small town lawyer became president, and why he became one of America's most revered leaders.

In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. Modern scholarship and a variety of narrative approaches give today's reader a chance to explore the extraordinary world of Abraham Lincoln. This new way of looking at classic subjects creates a unique reading experience that breathes life into the book-report and summer-reading repertoire.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tanya Lee Stone has received many awards and honors for her books, including an NAACP Image Award for Courage Has No Color, a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal for Almost Astronauts, and a Golden Kite Award for The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie. Her articles and reviews have appeared in School Library Journal, The Horn Book Magazine, and The New York Times. She is best known for her passion for telling little-known or unknown true stories of people who have been missing from our histories. Stone went to Oberlin College and now teaches writing at Champlain College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DK Children
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0756608341
• ISBN 13: 9780756608347
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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