Central Kansas Library System

Young Abe Lincoln is all dressed up in his best suit and on his way to deliver an important speech. As he walks along, he finds a pig stuck in a mudhole. Abe hates to see any animal suffer. If he helps the pig, his clothes will get muddy. What would people think of a mud-covered speaker? Abe doesn't want to leave the pig stranded, but he has no other nice clothes to wear. So, he continues down the road toward town, feeling guilty. He knows a pig isn't...

Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War.

In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and pa. He traced letters in sand, snow, and dust. He borrowed books and walked miles to bring them back. When he grew up, he became the sixteenth president of the United States. His name was Abraham Lincoln. He loved books. They changed his life. He changed the world.

A simple description of the life of Abraham Lincoln, presented from his point of view.

Presents a non-fiction companion to the book "Abe Lincoln At Last!," discussing what it was like to grow up in a log cabin and what Lincoln's family life was like, and describes how he became the sixteenth president of the United States.

A biography of the New Yorker who became governor of his state, vice president under McKinley, and twenty-sixth president of the United States.

Chronicles the life and presidency of Woodrow Wilson, describing his childhood in Georgia during the Civil War, his years as a lawyer and a professor, America's involvement in World War I, and his work to create the League of Nations.

Biography of the president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 who was against slavery and never gave up during the war between the North and South.

A biography of the thirty-second president whose three terms in office spanned the years of the Depression and the Second World War.

Profiles the son of a Kentucky farmer who became a lawyer and the sixteenth president of the United States, describing his family life, views towards slavery, and presidency during the Civil War.