The Lincoln Bicentennial: Book Lists & Resources

From the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (1809-2009)

• Lincoln Bicentennial Main Page
• Suggested Reading for Children & Young Adults
• For Teachers
• For Kids & Young Adults
  

From the Lincoln Home National Historic Site

• Life of Lincoln
• Lincoln Home Tour
• The Lincoln Home through the Years
• Lincoln History & Culture Page

From The Lincoln Bicentennial Teacher Network

• Lincoln Bicentennial Resources
• Suggested Readings for Primary Grades (Book List provided by ALSC)
• Suggested Readings for Intermediate Grades (Book List provided by ALSC)
• Suggested Readings for Middle School & High School (This list was prepared by YALSA’s 2006 Booklist Taskforce.)
• Websites
  

From C-SPAN

• Lincoln 200 Years (Main Page)
• Lincoln Picture Gallery
• Lincoln Timeline
• Lincoln Bio Vignette (Video)
  

From Reading Rockets: Celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Year (Suggested Children’s Books)

From Scholastic: Celebrate Lincoln’s Bicentennial

Lincoln and Poetry

• Abraham Lincoln and Poetry (Library of Congress)
• Lincoln as Poet (Library of Congress)
• Poems Written by Abraham Lincoln
• Poems Written about Abraham Lincoln
• Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay
• Lincoln, a Poem, by Nancy Byrd Turner