Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
Kay Winters, , illus. by Nancy Carpenter. . S&S/Aladdin, $6.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-1-4169-1268-2
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Reviewed on: 01/02/2006
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 40 pages - 978-986-6310-18-8
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