Barb Rosenstock is the author of several award-winning true stories
for children- Fearless- The Story of Racing Legend Louise Smith;
The Littlest Mountain, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book; and The Camping
Trip that Changed America, a Parents' Choice silver medal book and
one of Booklist's Top 10 Books on the Environment for Youth. She
lives outside Chicago with her husband and two sons. Visit her on
the web at barbrosenstock.com.
John O'Brien has illustrated nearly 100 books for children,
including Poof! and Look...Look Again!, which he also wrote. And
for more than twenty years, he has contributed cartoons to The New
Yorker. When he is not creating books or cartoons, he can be found
playing the banjo or concertina or serving as senior lieutenant in
the North Wildwood, New Jersey, Beach Patrol. He lives in Delran,
New Jersey.
"This attractive picture book uses Thomas Jefferson's love of
reading and collecting books as a lens through which to view the
story of his life... an informative author's note rounds out this
appealing introduction to Jefferson." —Booklist
"This unusual picture-book biography fosters a new understanding of
Thomas Jefferson's life as viewed through his love of books and its
impact on our burgeoning nation... sure to be enjoyed, this is an
engaging study of one of our Founding Father's great legacies."
—Kirkus Reviews
"It is no small feat to entertain children in a book about loving
books (an increasingly croweded shelf), but this duo succeeds
admirably through well-chosen facts, staggering statistics, an
interactive text, and humor... this is a unique portrayal of the
life and passions of the third president." —School Library
Journal
"Jefferson's well-documented obsession with books--reading,
recommending, lending, gifting, and collecting--gets the
picture-book treatment in this chatty biography that describes the
journey of Jefferson's collection from private stash to the basis
of the Library of Congress. . ." —Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books
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