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Abraham Lincoln, portrayed by Fritz Klein, tells children how important reading was to him growing up in Kentucky and Indiana and how it helped him as an adult as well, during a Lincoln 201 birthday celebration at the Old Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Lincoln retold stories he read including Aesop's Fables, the life of George Washington, stories from the Bible, and stories that his father told him. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)