Author and Christopher Newport University professor Jonathan White, winner of the 2023 Lincoln Prize, has released a new children’s book, “My Day with Abe Lincoln.”

A historical fantasy-fiction chapter book, “My Day with Abe Lincoln tells the story of a third-grade girl named Lucy who travels back in time to the 1820s and spends a day with the young Abe Lincoln in the backwoods of Indiana, said a press release. Readers will learn such little-known facts about Lincoln as that he was a terrible speller, that children teased him on his first day of school because he wore a sunbonnet, and that he almost died several times when he was a child.

One reviewer called the book “a refreshing combination of pure kids’ excitement and some pretty strict historical accuracy.” The press release stated that much of the dialogue in the book consists of words that were spoken by Lincoln or his family.

White is professor of American Studies at CNU. He is the author of 17 books, including “A Hous...