Day 8: I Am Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
Chesed in Gevurah, Loving-kindness in Strength/Justice
I love this whole Ordinary People Change the World series by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulis. They do a great job of writing about larger-than-life people and difficult topics in ways that children can understand.
I Am Abraham Lincoln begins when Lincoln was a child and explains his upbringing using stories that demonstrate his kindness and his sense of justice, ultimately tying those threads from his youth into his legacy as the president who freed the slaves and kept our nation together. It hammers home the idea that anyone can speak up for what is right and take a stand for more kindness in this world.
I've been reading this book to my kids since my oldest was a baby and it gets better every time. Each time, they ask different questions and understand a little more a little differently. I read it to them again today and - maybe because we're finishing Passover - they had a lot of questions about the similarities and differences between the Israelites' slavery in Egypt and American slavery. We talked about freedom and justice and how to show kindness through strength by standing up for what is right.
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