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10/20/14

The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln

AUTHOR: Mike Reiss
ILLUSTRATOR: David Catrow
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated      PUBLICATION DATE:  2006
GENRE: Fiction     READING LEVEL:  2nd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Benjy is a young boy that looks like our 16th president honest Abe. He goes to a camp with other children who looks like thing and learns an important lesson. Looks do not matter is character that counts.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Introduce the children to President Abe Lincoln in a fun way. The t would read the book to the children and then have the children compare the real Abe Lincoln with Benjy.