I am Abraham Lincoln | Children's Books Read Aloud

welcome to jenny's business today's story is i am

abraham

lincoln

written by brad meltzer illustrated by christopher perryopolis i am

abraham

lincoln

when i was little kids were even expected to work on the farm and the hot animals to eat ate you coming i'll catch up with you Later I preferred to

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I also loved animals when I was 10 years old I saw a group of

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playing with some turtles they found tails I love turtles look it's making the turtles run fast it's the fastest turtle in the world but as I got closer I could tell they weren't playing they were taking hot coals and placing them on the grass to see what would happen to them it was harmless fun at the time I could have left when you're ten it's hard to do the right thing but someone has to say it Come on, what did you say?

Third, let it go, those guys, let the turtle go soon after. I wrote one of my first essays on how hurting animals is wrong, that might not sound like a big deal. but go back n lost

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and even adults couldn't write, in fact the state of indiana was so new that no schools had even been built. I went to school for only one year in total, but that didn't stop me from using chalk. I practiced writing. the alphabet in the trees i even wrote in the dirt of the cornfield maybe how's the corn doing great dad when it came to learning my best teachers were just

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i love

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so much i once walked six miles i mean it six miles to get one Six miles, that's too far for a book now, seriously, I

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while my horse was resting and while I was waiting in line at the local store and in one of my favorite positions with my feet up a tree, before long I had read them all the books in the neighborhood from the bible to the fables of aesop and robinson crusoe but one of my favorites a book about george washington i would even copy my favorite parts onto scraps of wood did you know george was tim he was friends with men your exchange boy abraham lincoln gap limited pay someday whats a penny when i was 22 we moved to the moon where i met a group known as the boy from clarys grove think you are better than us i never get that don't be a chicken show us what you get everyone in town knew they were brilliant.

I didn't like to explode, but I was the new one when they challenged me. I didn't have many options today. Some may call it a fight, but it was actually a wrestling match. I think their leader Jack Armstrong back then, the rule was to wash. you grabbed your opponent you couldn't break your hold the cat did it so he could grab my leg and send me flying to fight all of us with them by the time they all surrounded me, they were waiting for me to back off or lose my cool, instead of I calmly and confidently told them that if I had to, I would fight each of you fairly.

They knew I found myself. you're a strange kid abraham lincoln but you got good you know i'll be on the dime what's the dime sometimes the toughest fights don't reveal a winner but they do reveal character especially when you're fighting for something evil even still no all struggles brought victory years later i saw a group of slaves chained together in a boat on the ohio river back then not all people were free some were enslaved just because of the color of their skin they were forced to work without pay, they were treated terribly. I never forgot the sight of that boat.

I did nothing that day except for years the memory of those people haunted me I was still thinking about them when I became president I lost four elections before I got the big job or America was facing one of the biggest fights in our history the Civil War one side wanted to let the slaves go free the other side we want to keep slavery and we will fight anyone who says otherwise if I turned my head and looked the other way I would have avoided the fight but if I had learned anything in life it was this when someone Needed help I wasn't that good at looking away I'm sorry I can't have it What did you say?

Did you hear me. These people will be free. The civil war lasted longer than anyone thought. they were ready to give up to reinvigorate them we had a great event and Gettysburg Pennsylvania the keynote speaker gave a speech that lasted almost two hours I gave a speech that lasted two minutes and used only 271 words the five most important words I used oh man I created a son the same after i helped pass a law that ended slavery in america and freed all those people then we ended the civil war as a result we not only brought these united states of america together we showed that this government of the people for the people and for the people would be dedicated to freedom and justice, you know, in his speech he touched on the theme that no one would remember what he said when giving birth and coming back to life.

Stress can take many forms, but there is nothing quite as strong as a stop. be ready for someone in need no matter where you are from or how little you have one thing they can never take away is your voice when you find something you believe in use your voice and when you see injustice speak louder than you have spoken before when you do it will never be forgotten look here i am a penny i am abraham lincoln i will never stop fighting for what is right and i hope you remember that when you speak your mind and speak up for others there is no more powerful way to be heard thanks for visiting grammy goodness for more information for this the description box below and be sure to like this video click the subscribe button to see the latest videos on granny book now