The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln - Softcover

Reiss, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142404160 ISBN 13: 9780142404164

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2006

Synopsis

Benjy has an unusual problem. He looks just like Abraham Lincoln—right down to the wart and beard. His life isn't easy. He gets gifts of Lincoln Logs and stovepipe hats on every birthday. He gets stuck playing Lincoln in every school play—whether Lincoln's part of the story or not. And the teasing is unrelenting . . . until he spends a summer at Camp What-cha-ma-call-it—The Camp for Kids Who Look Like Things! Here he finally realizes what is special about himself, and it doesn't take long for others to realize it as well.

Mike Reiss, a writer for The Simpsons, and David Catrow, honored twice with the New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year award, have created a wonderfully hysterical tale that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt a little different.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Reiss lives in Los Angeles. David Catrow lives in Springfield, Ohio.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-6--This picture book about an eight-year-old who is unhappy because he looks like Abraham Lincoln is unlikely to find an appreciative readership. When Benjy is sent to "Camp What-cha-ma-call-it: The Camp for Kids who look like Things," he learns to appreciate his appearance after he meets children with even bigger problems. One camper looks like the Mona Lisa, one resembles a toaster, and another child looks like "the back of a horse." At the end of the summer, Benjy returns to school with enough confidence to run for class president. Reiss's sly humor is reflected in Catrow's cartoon drawings. While the brief text and silly art indicate a primary-grade audience, the plot is better suited to older children, but they're likely to be turned off by the format.--Doris Losey, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library, Tampa, FL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0142404160
• ISBN 13: 9780142404164
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Catrow David