So I didn't read the description of the book carefully when I requested this from NetGalley. So I was expecting a biography rather than a children's biography. Still, this was a fun read and because I didn't know anything about Dale Carnegie I still managed to learn something.

Like the title indicates, The Man Who Loved Libraries, is a short biography of Dale Carnegie's life. It's also heavily illustrated, which makes it very simple to read.

'The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie' by Andrew Larsen with illustrations by Katty Maurey is a picture book about one of America's greatest philanthropists.

The story begins when Andrew Carnegie was a boy in Scotland. Andrew's love of learning started early and followed him as his family immigrated to America. He was helped by a man named Colonel Anderson who had a private library that Andrew could use. That love of libraries continued, even after Andrew Carnegie became very rich. He founded a number of libraries with his wealth, along with Carnegie Hall in New York.

The book ends with an essay titled Andrew Carnegie's Legacy. It goes in more depth into Mr. Carnegie's life, and talks about the many things that Andrew Carnegie helped build. His troubled relationship with his employees is also mentioned. The book also includes a list of sources for further reading.

The illustrations look a bit like watercolor and the colors used run toward the pastel shade. They work well for this book. I like non-fiction for children, and this was an interesting book.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Owlkids Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

The Man Who Loved Libraries, The Story of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Larsen. Illustrated by Katty Maury. Owlkids Books. 5 Stars. Super easy biography of Andrew Carnegie with nice, mellow illustrations about the man who gave us the Carnegie libraries and Carnegie Hall, who in his widespread philanthropy did not forget to bestow a library upon his home town of Dunfermline in Scotland. Highly recommend! Thanks to NetGalley and Owlkids Books for providing this ebook for review.

I thought this was a lovely book - great illustrations and easy-to-understand information about Carnegie and the amazing philanthropic work he undertook. As a former public librarian, I appreciate immensely all he did to support public libraries - and I love that this book is celebrating his life and works.

The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie is a children's biography written Andrew Larsen and illustrated by Katty Maurey.

In thirty-two pages, this informative and interesting book focuses on the life of Andrew Carnegie, particularly his desire for learning and love of libraries, which prompted Carnegie to build over 2,500 libraries throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, as well as across Europe and the Caribbean.

The Man Who Loved Libraries is a quality resource for children, particularly ages four to eight, yet it's worthwhile for all grade school students.


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This book was a super interesting look into the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie. I appreciated that the end notes mention some of the not so great parts of his career. The pictures were beautiful and interesting to look at. My only critique is that the story may only be appealing to some children due to the fact that they don't know who this man is.

A book to inspire children, helping them understand the value of hard work and learning. Andrew Carnegie's life story--poverty in Scotland, immigration to the United States, taking a factory job at age 12 after his arrival, love of learning, advancement in business, and philanthropy are described in this engaging book for young readers.

This is the story of Andrew Carnegie....from a small village in Scotland to the accomplished businessman we all know. They portrayed his hard work ethic, love for learning, and philanthropy in a way that will engage the youngest of learners.

A good overview of his history and accomplishments but not a balanced view of his life.

Andrew Carnegie started out in life in Scotland, the son of a weaver. He and his family came to the United States, where he went to work; first, in a cotton mill, then as a messenger boy. He knew the key to success was in learning, and took advantage of the opportunities afforded by a local businessman, who made his private library collection available. As he became wealthier, he considered it his duty to help others help themselves: he built libraries. He built a library in the Scottish village where he was born, and went on to build over 2500 public libraries worldwide.

Andrew Larsen gives readers a concise biography of a premier industrialist and philanthropist, with a strong emphasis on the power of education and philanthropy. Award-winning illustrator Katty Maurey creates beautiful artwork to accompany Larsen's text, framing her subjects with buildings and storefronts, and creating depth with her full-page art to show us a young Carnegie, standing on a library ladder as he explores Colonel Anderson's private collection, and an older Carnegie in front of a map of the Americas (and Greenland), basket of yellow flags on one arm, surrounded by books and his dog as he maps out his library plans.

Andrew Larsen is an award-winning children's author. Find more about his books and link to his blog by visiting his author website.

A beautifully illustrated introduction to the rags to riches life of Andrew Carnegie.

As a librarian, I love this book. It is important to get these biographies into the hands of our young readers. This one shows the angle of Carnegie's move to America as a young boy, his working-instead-of-school life, and then his how he shared his wealth with others - namely opening libraries around the world to make books more accessible.

Perfect for elementary students learning about Carnegie

Want a book that is not only visually pleasing to all readers but will get children excited about libraries? This book did the trick in my household. Andrew Carnegie’s story was will written and beautifully illustrated.

Reading a children’s book always makes me feel calm and relaxed. It must be the illustrations or maybe it is the use of language that all can understand. With this book there was the beauty of life, and struggle within the history by this pillar of a man. I was eager to share this story with my daughter, and we read it three times in a row. We talked about the pictures, and the people.

One aspect of the illustrations was the ability to create a dialogue about the pictures. We read the words then made up our own stories. Though my daughter is three she had a great time talking about what books Andrew was reading!

I couldn't resist requesting this book because, hello, libraries. As a librarian and book lover I think it's incredibly important to have a resource such as this for young children to learn about related library history and important historical figures. Plus, the illustrations are adorable. Highly recommend!

When I saw this book available I knew I had to read it. As a librarian, it is well known all of the good work that Andrew Carnegie did for establishing public libraries in America. I have worked in several Carnegie libraries over the years. Knowing the enormous contributions Carnegie made towards libraries, I was thrilled to see a children's book that not only shared this important history of libraries, but also touched on hard work and self education. I also appreciated that the author chose to include information at the end of the book that touched on the fact that Carnegie's relationship with the working man was not always charitable.
The Man Who Loved Libraries would be a great book for children learning about public libraries or the titans of industry. However, the colorful illustrations would interest any child.

Being a bookworm, there isn't any possibility of not liking libraries. In fact, I love them and frequent my local ones quite frequently. That's why I wanted to discover more about Andrew Carnagie and how his life was related with these community places.
It was a strong surprise (but a quite pleasant one) to discover how his vision could create means to develop such important projects to improve the access of books to everybody.
I didn't know Andrew Carnagie before reading this small book so just the story by itself was amazing. But let's not forget this book was written to be read by children and to children. It was quite evident the language was simple (and adequate) as well as catchy to get the attention of the target group.
The illustrations were sweet but effective and very engaging. I finished this little book in 30 minutes and felt satisfied, it was a good instrument to introduce the libraries as a place to enjoy to the children, not only as a personal experience, but as a place to grow and develop new skills with family and friends.

This book paints a rosy picture of Carnegie, focusing solely on his passion for books. The author includes one line about the millionaire's clashes with unionized workers.

As someone who works in the world's first Carnegie library, in Andrew Carnegie's home town of Dunfermline, I simply had to read this book! Thank you so much to NetGalley and Owlkids Books for letting me have an ARC of The Man Who Loved Libraries.

This is a really good short introduction to Andrew Carnegie, and to ideas of sharing and philanthropy, for school-children. I am surprised to see Dunfermline described as a village (it was a Royal Burgh; a birth and burial-place of Scottish royalty, eg. St Margaret and Robert the Bruce are buried at Dunfermline Abbey; and the 1841 census records the Dunfermline parish population as 19,778). Aside from this I found the book to be highly readable and full of accurate information. The book is brief so there is no mention of the Peace Palace, funding of swimming baths and church organs etc but I am glad that there is reference to Carnegie's attitude and actions with regard to workers' unions, as this is important, and gives children a more complex view of Carnegie.

The illustrations within the book are attractive and suit the subject matter well.

I will be recommending this book far and wide!