Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship

Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni

This book tells the story of both President Lincoln and his dear friend Frederick Douglass. As it begins on March 4th, 1865 with the President and his wife attending a reception for his recent election into office. He tells her that a friend will be stopping by, and his name is Frederick Douglass. She is quite surprised because he is black, and there are usually no blacks at the White House. As they finally see each other and cross the room to meet another story continues of how both young men grew up with similar stories however, they were just in different places. This story is great for young children to see how the first attempts of abolishing slavery and how Lincoln was determined to, no matter what was being said about him or slavery. It has a great facts and included at the end is a timeline that shows events of both Lincoln and Douglass. The illustrations are great pictures done from cut-paper collages.