{"product_id":"lincoln-tells-a-joke-how-laughter-saved-the-president-and-the-country-isbn-9780544668287","title":"Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoor Abraham Lincoln! His life was hardly fun at all. A country torn in two by war, citizens who didn’t like him as president, 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 and a person who could lighten a grim situation with a clever quip.\u003cbr\u003e      This unusual biography of Lincoln highlights his life and presidency, focusing on what made his sense of humor so distinctive—and so necessary to surviving his tough life and times.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e* “Children will be drawn in by the straightforward prose, and librarians will enjoy sharing the book aloud. Innerst’s colorful and unconventional acrylic illustrations cover the entire page and are the perfect complement to both the text and the subject matter, making this a standout biography.”   —\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review     * “Readers will smile, too, at this lighthearted look at Lincoln and the many droll quotations attributed to him.”   —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/em\u003e starred review     “Laughter is not only good medicine. It can also be a political tool, human motivator, and saving grace, as the authors show in this upbeat overview of Lincoln’s life.”  \u003cem\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e     “Innerst’s gorgeous, textured paintings, many of them caricatures, are varied and inventive: When Lincoln’s great height is described in the text, his head and feet are cropped off the page. It’s a quirkily specific biography, but, as with Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora’s wonderful \u003cem\u003eGeorge Washington’s Teeth,\u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by Brock Cole (2003), it reveals the human side of an American icon in an unusual, lively and thought-provoking way.”   —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890065502437,"sku":"NP9780544668287","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544668287.jpg?v=1730232479","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lincoln-tells-a-joke-how-laughter-saved-the-president-and-the-country-isbn-9780544668287","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}