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

Written by Kathleen Krull & illustrated by Stacy Innerst and Paul Brewer
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6 - 9
Reading age
40
Page count
~811L
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Mar 8, 2016
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Poor Abraham Lincoln! His life was hardly fun at all. A country torn in two by war, citizens who didn’t like him as president, the loss of two young sons, a homely appearance–what could there possibly be to laugh about? And yet he did laugh. Lincoln wasn’t just one of our greatest presidents. He was a comic storyteller, a lover of jokes, someone who could lighten a grim situation with a clever quip. What better way to deal with a hard life than to find the humor in it?

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Abraham Lincoln  historyAmericaUS Presidents1850-1899laughterheroes19th centurythe Civil WarPresident's Daypolitics and governmentjokesbusinesselections

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biographynonfiction(auto)biographyfunny and humoroushistorical nonfiction

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780544668287
    Publication Date
    March 8, 2016
    Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
    Page Count
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    6 - 9 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~811L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~S
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.2
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    136123
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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