Author(s) (Illustrator): Mike Reiss (David Catrow)
Date Published: 2003
Title: The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln
ISBN #: 0-8431-0271-3
Age group/grade: K+
What’s it about: This book is about a boy named Benjy who looks just like Abraham Lincoln. He gets stovepipe hats every birthday and has to play Lincoln in every school play. He is always getting teased. Over the summer he goes to a camp called What-cha-ma-call-it, which is a camp for kids who look like things! There are kids who look like frogs, toasters, and even the backside of a horse. While Benjy is at this camp he learns some important lessons about himself and the things that truly make a person special.
This would be a great book to use as a fun activity for students in your class to imagine looking like someone famous or an object. This would be a great book to read aloud. The pictures are very colorful and full of lots of detail. This would be a great way to teach students a lesson about being proud of who they are and knowing what makes them special.
I’ve never heard of this book before but it sounds really great! I’d love to read it.
Sounds like a good book for children! Always important for them to be proud of who they are!
Great ideas to use in your classroom!
neat activity kim
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