A review by wintermote
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

I think this was a very interesting retelling of a lot of the mythology around Abraham Lincoln. I think some of what was being presented as fact has maybe been better researched, and proven as more than mythology. The illustrations are beautiful as benefits, a Newberry award-winning book.  Obviously for an 80+ year old book some of the language is dated, particularly referring to enslaved peoples, though it did emphasize some of the horrors of family separation that was a result of slavery in America. But it also reduced the Civil War to the single issue of slavery, which was a bit more complex in that. I recognize that this is a children’s book, but there could’ve been some other simple language, noting that it was more complex and/or Abraham Lincoln did not agree to lead the country into war, simply to free the slaves.