Abraham Lincoln's World is a children's history book by Genevieve Foster

Genevieve Foster

Genevieve Stump Foster is an American writer of children's literature who illustrated most of her own books and was a 4-time winner of the Newbery Honor...

. Illustrated by the author, it was first published in 1944 and was a Newbery Honor

Newbery Medal

The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...

 recipient in 1945.

The book is a continuation of the author's George Washington's World (1941), starting where the earlier book finished, at the start of the nineteenth century. It shows events and conditions in the United States and around the world during the life of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

, covering politics, business, the arts and more.