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Jonah Winter

Born

in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States

August 19, 1962

Website

http://www.jonahwinter.com/

Genre

Children's

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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: 3.97 · 9,253 ratings · 2,172 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	Frida by Jonah Winter, Ana Juan (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 2002 — 9 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) 3.79 avg rating — 1,298 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
	Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 946 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
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter, Stacy Innerst (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 581 ratings — 2 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
	The Secret Project by Jonah Winter, Jeanette Winter (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La juez que creció en el Bronx by Jonah Winter, Edel Rodriquez (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! by Jonah Winter, Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter, André Carrilho (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 331 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) 3.74 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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) 4.03 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2006 — 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

6 likes

“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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What book should we read in April?

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Siren Sisters by Dana Langer

26 votes 17.6%

One Amazing Elephant by Linda Oatman High

22 votes 14.9%

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes

22 votes 14.9%

Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell

21 votes 14.2%

The Secret Project by Jonah Winter

17 votes 11.5%

The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander

10 votes 6.8%

The Someday birds (write-in)

9 votes 6.1%

Hello, Universe (write-in)

5 votes 3.4%

The Playbook (write-in)

5 votes 3.4%

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (write-in)

4 votes 2.7%

One Amazing Elephant by Linda Oatman High (write-in)

4 votes 2.7%

see you in the cosmos (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

the playbook (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

148 total votes

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