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Jonah Winter

Born

in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States

August 19, 1962

Website

http://www.jonahwinter.com/

Genre

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Jonah Winter is the celebrated author of many picture book biographies, including Barack, which was a New York Times bestseller. His books include Here Comes the Garbage Barge, Sonia Sotomayor, Roberto Clemente, and more. A poet and a painter, Mr. Winter divides his time between Santa Fe and a small town in Pennsylvania.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 13,582 ratings · 3,026 reviews · 57 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here Comes the Garbage Barge! by Jonah Winter, Red Nose Studio (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frida by Jonah Winter, Ana Juan (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 1,413 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elvis Is King! by Jonah Winter, Red Nose Studio (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La juez que creció en el Bronx by Jonah Winter, Edel Rodriquez (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! by Jonah Winter, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter, André Carrilho (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter, Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dizzy by Jonah Winter, Sean Qualls (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name Is James Madison Hemings by Jonah Winter, Terry Widener (Illustrations) 4.20 avg rating — 290 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Pages and pages and pages with words all over the pages. My goodness, what fun. What fun to write whatever words occur.”
― Jonah Winter, Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

tags: writing

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“And now it's time for tea. Teatime is teatime. And look who's here, in time for tea.”
― Jonah Winter, Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

tags: tea

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“You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she writes. Some day they might.”
― Jonah Winter, Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

tags: genius

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See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

34 votes 24.1%

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

32 votes 22.7%

The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue

21 votes 14.9%

Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (write-in)

13 votes 9.2%

Beyond the Bright Sea (write-in)

11 votes 7.8%

Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry

8 votes 5.7%

The Secret Project by Jonah Winter

8 votes 5.7%

The Hate U Give (write-in)

4 votes 2.8%

The Lottery's Plus One (write-in)

3 votes 2.1%

See You In The Cosmos

2 votes 1.4%

The King's Locket by Jacob Stull (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Lucky Broken Girl (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

see you in the cosmos (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry (write-in)

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The King's Locket (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

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