![]() ![]() ![]() Telling the whole truth, after all, is also a virtue. A gentle reminder that heroism carries a price would not have been amiss here. ![]() There is, however, an elephant in this room Meltzer is bent on ignoring: Lincoln was assassinated despite, or because of, his integrity, and Earhart’s dreams were doused in a crash over the Pacific. Eliopoulos keeps things light with sweetly silly caricatures-tiny Lincoln’s pretty adorable in his top hat and tidily scalloped beard Earhart seems cloned from Mo Willems’ Trixie, topped with an aviator hat. Whatever your dream is, chase it,” a principle she followed despite being told time and again that women were not meant to be aviators. For Earhart the message is “Never let anyone stop you. For Lincoln, standing up against tormenters was key, whether they be kids who thoughtlessly abused turtles, bullies who ignored the rules of a fair fight, or pro-slavery forces who would keep countrymen in bondage. In each entry, a child version of the title subject narrates his or her own life story and directs listeners to embrace the lessons that made them great. Comic-book trendiness meets old-school character education in the new Ordinary People Change the World series. ![]()
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