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This February, Americans will celebrate the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Check out these books that offer a fresh perspective on our 16th president!
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) by Deborah Hopkinson
Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh
Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni
Abe Lincoln Loved Animals by Ellen Jackson
Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered by Barry Denenberg
Our Abe Lincoln: An Old Tune with New Lyrics by Jim Aylesworth
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candice Fleming
Abe's Fish: A Boyhood Tale of Abraham Lincoln by Jennifer Bryant
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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the day that Charles Darwin was born. Check out some of the recent books that have been written about his life:
One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin by Kathryn Lasky
What Darwin Saw: The Journey that Changed the World by Rosalyn Schanzer
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin by Carolyn Meyer
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Charles Darwin by Alan Gibbons
The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist & Thinker by Peter Sis
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