Abraham Lincoln Comes Home

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The work Abraham Lincoln Comes Home represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Monticello-Union Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Abraham Lincoln Comes Home

Statement of responsibility

Robert Burleigh ; paintings by Wendell Minor

Creator

• trueBurleigh, Robert
• Burleigh, Robert

Contributor

• trueMinor, Wendell
• Minor, Wendell,

Illustrator

• Minor, Wendell,

Subject

• trueFathers and sons
• trueFunerals
• trueGovernment and politics -- United States -- Executive branch | Presidents
• trueGrief
• trueHistory books -- United States -- Nineteenth century
• trueLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial
• trueLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial
• truePicture books for children
• trueTrains
• true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
• trueDeath

Genre

• truePicture books for children
• trueGovernment and politics
• trueHistory books

Language

eng

Summary

Told through the eyes of a young boy, the sober mood of the country after the Lincoln assassination is presented as he and many other mourners await to pay their respects to their fallen president as Lincoln's funeral train travels from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, IL in 1865

Tone

• trueSerious

Writing style

• trueLyrical

Illustration

• trueDetailed

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.7092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 2-3
• AD 560
• AD560L
• Decoding demand: 71 (high)
• Semantic demand: 90 (very high)
• Syntactic demand: 80 (high)
• Structure demand: 87 (very high)

Intended audience source

• Baker & Taylor
• Lexile
• Lexile
• Lexile

LC call number

E457.52

LC item number

.B96 2008

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

560

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 1
• 4

Target audience

juvenile