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Jonah Winter

Born

in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States

August 19, 1962

Website

http://www.jonahwinter.com/

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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 · 15,188 ratings · 3,337 reviews · 71 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) 4.39 avg rating — 1,459 ratings — 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! 3.84 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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) 4.17 avg rating — 1,459 ratings — published 2002 — 33 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 (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 972 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
	The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 950 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Elvis Is King! 3.79 avg rating — 625 ratings — published 2019 — 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) 4.30 avg rating — 527 ratings — published 2009 — 8 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) 3.71 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 2017 — 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) 3.87 avg rating — 399 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
	You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter, André Carrilho (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2009 — 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

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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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One Amazing Elephant by Linda Oatman High

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

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

20 votes 13.9%

The Secret Project by Jonah Winter

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

9 votes 6.3%

The Someday birds (write-in)

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The Playbook (write-in)

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Hello, Universe (write-in)

5 votes 3.5%

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

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the playbook (write-in)

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