  | Standing in for Lincoln Green Author: Mackintosh, David | |
| Price: $6.50 | ||
Summary:
Lincoln has a double, You Know Who, to do all of his unpleasant tasks while Lincoln sleeps, plays, or visits his best friend, but when You Know Who doesn't like unpleasant tasks either, Lincoln is in big trouble.
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| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 3.40 Points: .5 Quiz: 161284 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: K-2 Reading Level: 4.30 Points: 1.0 Quiz: 63053 | |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (09/15/13)
School Library Journal (11/01/13)
Booklist (08/01/13)
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Booklist - 08/01/2013 Lincoln Green is a rootin’-tootin’ cowboy-in-training who loves drinking fizzy sarsaparilla with friends, doing handstands, and reading comics. What he doesn’t love are chores, which tend to interfere with his fun-centered schedule. Luckily, he has a double that leaps from his mirror, saddled with everything from lawn mowing to painting fences and even sitting in for dentist visits. Everything is going fine until Billy, the next-door neighbor, convinces the double to eschew the chores and help build a tree house. Sure enough, once he’s had a taste of the fun, there’s no going back, and the double refuses to return to chore duty. Lincoln finds himself in a tight spot until he ponies up and finds a way to balance fun and responsibility and let his double off the hook. Mackintosh (The Frank Show, 2012) uses his fanciful premise to great effect, both as a fun taste of wish fulfillment and as a lesson to all the potential shirkers out there. His art offers distinctive details in the clothes and settings and big-headed, rosy-cheeked warmth in the characters. - Copyright 2013 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 11/01/2013 PreS-Gr 2—Childhood chores are, well, a chore. Clever Lincoln Green has found a solution to bypass them forever. His mirror image, You Know Who, does all his tasks and assignments, permitting Lincoln to while away the hours doing exactly as he pleases. This cushy setup works well until a new neighbor befriends his industrious doppelgänger and You Know Who discovers the joy of playing. Of course, this results in Lincoln Green missing field trips, having late homework, and getting into trouble with Mom. In a pique of anger, he decides to do chores himself and finds that they have their own reward. The sprightly and slightly quirky plot perfectly mirrors the sketchy illustrations that show the joys of imaginative play. Sharp-eyed readers will notice Lincoln sports a sweater with his initial, which flips backward when his double is featured. Funny and fun, this paean to play-and work-will have readers cheering for both Lincoln and You Know Who.—Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI - Copyright 2013 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
