Occasionally, the kids and I find a library find for school that we enjoy so much we want to share it. Arielle, Nolan and I just finished reading *Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl (Dear Mr. President Series)* by Andrea Davis Pinkney, yesterday.
As the title suggests this book is centered around fictional letters between Lettie, a slave-girl in SC, and President Lincoln. The book clearly brings out the struggle that A. Lincoln faced with defining what actions he would take on slavery. I did find the book to be implausible (a young girl corresponding with the President during a time of war) but it was an effective way to give our young ones an overview ofthe Civil War period.
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