Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek

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author = Deborah Hopkinson
illustrator = John Hendrix
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country = United States
language = English
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publisher = Random House
pub_date = September 9, 2008
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pages = 40
isbn = 978-0-375-93768-2
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Lincoln Crosses a Creek is a 2008 historical fiction children's picture book by Deborah Hopkinson.

Plot

Abe and another person, Austin, decide to journey down to Knob Creek. They think that the water looks scary and deep. Austin points out that they don't know how to swim. They both decide to traverse it.

Reception

A Kirkus Reviews review says, "While all the sound effects and story interruptions, especially mid-stream, might be effective in a read-aloud session, they could otherwise become frustrating. It may not keep kids out of creeks, but this plucky Kentucky romp may well spawn a future historian or two". [Kirkus Reviews, 8/15/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 16, p243-243, 1p. (Book Review)] A Horn Book Magazine review says, "Best of all, Hopkinson addresses the unknowns in history when she recounts how Austin saves young Abe. “He pulls Abe out by his shirttail. Or maybe he uses a sycamore branch—or a fishing pole. We’l let John decide which sketch to paint. For that’s the thing about history—if you weren’t there, you can’t know for sure. Add that thought to a rousing telling, and here’s a story worth waiting one hundred and ninety-two years for." [http://web.ebscohost.com/lrc/pdf?vid=4&hid=12&sid=e3a69a05-2c10-4389-8467-1edc972042d3%40sessionmgr3]

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