Chasing Lincoln’s Killer - (Audio CD) by James L. Swanson
Reading level: Ages 9-18
Scholastic Audio Books - February 2009
Cautions: Murder

Kiwi Magazine Review:
History need not be boring or rely on rote memorization. If all history lessons read like exciting novels full of intrigue, espionage and human vulnerabilities, kids would devour it. Thank you, James Swanson, for creating Chasing Lincoln’s Killer as the exciting event that it was. Not a series of dates and names, but real action and real people. Reluctant and avid readers will love this audio book format.

Product Description
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN’S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.
EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL: Features fascinating facts from this time in history!

“This story is true. All the characters are real and were alive during the great manhunt of April 1865. Their words are authentic and come from original sources: letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, government reports, pamphlets, books and other documents. What happened in Washington, D.C., that spring, and in the swamps and rivers, forests and fields of Maryland and Virginia during the next twelve days, is far too incredible to have been made up.”

So begins this fast-paced thriller that tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices. Based on James Swanson’s bestselling adult book MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN’S KILLER, this young people’s version is an accessible look at the assassination of a president, and shows readers Abraham Lincoln the man, the father, the husband, the friend, and how his death impacted those closest to him.

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Hear-Say Spanish by Donald S. Rivera

Penton Overseas, 2003

Recommended Readers- 2+

Cautions:

Publisher’s Description:

Kids learn the language naturally by hearing the sound - then saying the word! It’s a fact, birth through age 12 is a “window of opportunity” for acquiring new language skills.

KIWI Bookworm Review:

This colorful book and audio set will have kids meowing and mooing their way into learning Spanish. The audio CD introduces sounds including animals, sports, musical instruments and nature, following the sound effects with the Spanish and English words. Penton Overseas has learning tools for the whole family in many languages.
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