Junior Library Guild Review
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
by Barb Rosenstock
illustrations by John O’Brien
ISBN: 9781590789322
A voracious reader and book collector all his life, Thomas Jefferson owned so many books that in 1814, he donated his personal library to serve as the new Library of Congress. Author’s note. Note about Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder. Selected bibliography and source notes. Full-color illustrations done in pen and ink and watercolor.