Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
Our 16th president is known for many things: He delivered the Emancipation Proclamation... read more
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2008
Word Count 1,020
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 126778, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American abolitionists
- Friendship--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & First Families (U.S.)
- Douglass, Frederick
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Juvenile literature
- Presidents--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Presidents
- United States
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Juvenile literature
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Friendship
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- African American abolitionists--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Lists With This Book
- Lincoln's 200th Year
- Black History Celebration
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Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
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