Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig

by Stephen Krensky, Gershom Griffith (Illustrations), Greshom Griffith (Illustrator)

Abe Lincoln is on his way to give an important speech when he comes across a pig stuck in the mud. If he stops to help the pig, he'll get his brand-new suit dirty. But young Abe can't stand to see an animal in trouble. What should he do?
Level 2
Reading Independently

Genres: Biography, History, Presidents, Picture Books, American History, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Concetta Kellough]

This Ready to Read book tells the story of Abe Lincoln rescuing a pig from a mud hole on his way to giving a speech. The book is short but gives an age appropriate amount of facts on Lincoln which illustrate his character. It's a great introduction to Abraham Lincoln for young elementary readers.

[Emily Uebel]

This biography of Abe Lincoln is great for kids who are four and older. I would rate this book five stars out of five because it does a perfect job at telling a story and also mentions history and the characteristic of Abe Lincoln. This book is about Abe Lincoln’s journey as he goes to make an important speech. Abe dresses in a nice new black suit to give his speech, when on his way he witnesses a muddy pig. This pig seemed stuck, and Abe loved to help animals, but he could not get his suit muddy so he walks away. Shortly he realizes that he wanted to help the pig and ends up messing up his new suit. However the audience only wanted to hear what Abe had to say and didn’t say anything to him as they talked to him after his speech. I think that by telling a great/funny story while telling history is a great way to keep a young readers attention! I would definitely read this book to my class; the pictures make the story even better!

[Lady reading under the Willow]

I do have to say that in this book, the illustrations of Abraham Lincoln looked not at all like himself and very much like Joel Osteen. It was a bit odd. One of my kids commented that some of the facial expressions were creepy. I thought it comical. I kept forgetting we were reading about Abe Lincoln. :-O

The story was good, though. :-)

[Prabhat sharma]

Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig by: Ready to Read #2 by Stephen Krensky, Illustrator Gershom Griffith Hindi language translation by Arvind Gupta- The book narrates an emulative story in the life of Abraham Lincoln. One day while Abe Lincoln was travelling to deliver a speech. He is dressed in a new black suit. Lincoln witnesses a muddy pig stuck. Abe loved to help animals, but he could not get his suit muddy so he walks away. Soon, he realizes that helping the pig is his priority. He stops his car, help the stuck pig out. His suit is now messed up and dirty. Lincoln knows that the audience only wanted to hear him speak. After delivering the speech, listeners talked to him, no one bothered about his messed up suit. Coloured illustrations and pictures help the reader to relate to the story. I have the Hindi language translation of this book.

[Debra]

An excellent introduction to a historical look at a young Abe Lincoln. I loved the Childhood of Famous Americans series by Childbook in Chicago back in the day when the illustrations were 2 color line drawings. This would be a similar, but shorter version concentrating on one single event in Lincoln's life as a young man with colored illustrations to make you want to pick it up. It is an engaging story of "doing the right thing" even when it is inconvenient and dirty.

[Sandra Guzman]

Great book. Very informative with a great story.

[laurafee]

Wonderful Abe Lincoln book

[Shabana Mukhtar]

Read this illustrated book to my niece. The illustrations are soooooo good.

[Mrs. Wynn]

Supposedly based on a true story, this fictionalized version shows kind-hearted Abe, on his way to give a speech, stopping in his good clothes to rescue a pig which was struggling to escape a deep mud hole.

[Fredrick Danysh]

This fictional account tells the story of Abe Lincoln as a young man. Dressed in a new suit for a speaking engagement, Abe faces a delima when he finds a pig in a mud hole. Does he rescue the pig getting the suit muddy or does he keep the suit clean by ignoring the pig.

[Luetta]

Cute story for children K-4 grade to have read to them or to read. It teachs about Abraham Lincoln's character.

[Sandybear76]

Read to a class the other day for Lincoln's 200 birthdya.