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, even little boys were expected to work on the farm and the hot animals to eat would eat you when you come, I'll catch up with you later I'd rather

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I also loved animals when I was 10 I saw a group of kids playing with some turtles they found tails I love turtles look he's making the turtles run fast he's the fastest turtle there is but as I approached. I realized that they were not playing, they were taking embers and putting them on the grass to see what would happen to them.

It was harmless fun at the time. I could have left when you were ten. It's hard. Do the right thing, but someone has to say it. What did you say? Third, you let him go. Those guys let the turtle go shortly after I wrote one of my first essays about how hurting animals is wrong. That might not seem like a big deal. but back then the lost

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and even the adults didn't know how to write, in fact the state of Indiana was so that they didn't even build new schools, but I went to school for barely a year in total, but that didn't stop me from using whiteboard.

I practiced writing the alphabet on the trees I even wrote in the cornfield land aybe how's the corn going big daddy when it came to learning my best teachers were just

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

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it while my horse was resting and while waiting in line at the local store and in one of my favorite positions with my feet up in a tree, before long I had read them all. book 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 pieces of wood. Did you know George was Tim? He was a friend of men, your exchange boy. Abraham Lincoln limited gap salary someday what's a penny when I was 22 we moved to the moon where I met a group known as the Clarys Grove boys I think you're better than us I never understand that don't be a chicken show us What you get is that everyone in town knew they were brilliant. I didn't like to explode, but I was the new kid when they challenged me. Today I didn't have many options.

Some may call it a fight, but it was actually a wrestling match. I guess their leader Jack Armstrong back then the rule was wash, you grabbed your opponent, you couldn't break your grip, the cat did it so he could grab my leg and send me flying. I wasn't angry. I lost, everyone loses sometimes, which bothered me. you had cheated, you didn't play fair, maybe you want to fight all of us with them, second, they all surrounded me, they were waiting for me to back down or lose my cool, instead I calmly and confidently told them if necessary , each one would fight. only one of you, fair enough, knew that I met him, you're a strange boy, Abraham Lincoln, but you've got something good, you know, I'm going to be on the dime, what's the dime?

Sometimes the hardest fights don't reveal a winner. but they do reveal character, especially when you're fighting for something evil. Still, not every fight brought a victory years later. I saw a group of slaves chained in a boat on the Ohio River back then, not all the people were free, some were simply slaves. 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 ship I did nothing that day but for years the memory of those people haunted me I was still thinking about them when I became president I lost four elections before to get 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 free, the other side we want to keep slavery and we will fight anyone who says otherwise , if he turned his head and looked away, he would have avoided the fight, but if he had learned anything in life it was when someone needed help.

He wasn't so good at looking away. I'm sorry. I can't let what did you say? Did you hear me. These people will be free. The civil war lasted longer than anyone thought. The fighting took a terrible toll. The people on our side were willing to give up to revitalize them. We held a big event in 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 just like that after helping pass a law that ended slavery in America and freed people. all those people then we ended the Civil War and as a result we not only united these United States of America, we demonstrated that this government of the people, by the people and for the people, would be dedicated to freedom and justice, you know that in his speech he covered the ground that no one would remember what he said in he gave birth and in life stress can take many forms, but there is nothing as strong as standing up for someone who needs it, no matter where you are from or how small you'll be. have one thing they can never take away from you is your voice when you find something you believe in use your voice and when you see injustice speak louder than you have ever 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 for others, there is no more powerful way to be heard, thank you for visiting the Grammys, my goodness, to get it.

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