A charming biography told from an unusual perspective, it highlights many of the struggles Abraham Lincoln faced, and always returns to how he was able to harness the power of humor and words to help.  Perhaps the subtitle would be more fitting if it claimed “served” in place of “saved,” but that’s my only real criticism:  This book takes one of our most famous presidents and makes him seem more human, less iconic, someone the readers would like to have known.  I definitely think it has a place in every elementary school library, and maybe middle school as well.