My life in 8 words: "Waterloo. Maine. Titanic. Siberia. Babel. Postponed. Cancelled. Waddayagonnado."
Jonah Winter's Books
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Jazz Age JosephineA picture book biography that will inspire readers to dance to their own beats!Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life...Read More -
Roberto ClementeOn an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and...Read More
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Sonia SotomayorBefore Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice...Read More
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Individual.com, May 1, 2013
...The inaugural Columbus Children's Book Festival will culminate years of dreaming and planning when the event debuts with a keynote address Friday night and the main event Saturday at the Columbus Public Library. Famous authors and illustrators will be...
Pittsburgh City Paper, March 20, 2013
...Books) is the follow-up to You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, also written by Pittsburgh-based children's author Jonah Winter. Again, a folksy narrator informs young fans about a star of yore, in this case the slugging centerfielder many regard as the...
New York Times, March 15, 2013
...with intrigues, Learys 60-year-old heroine, an alcoholic real estate agent, pretends to be sober, with disastrous consequences. , by Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Terry Widener. (Schwartz & Wade, $17.99; ages 4 to 9.) Immediacy and enthusiasm infuse this...
New York Times, March 8, 2013
...version. Meshons first picture book is a definite home run. (Kakiiin!) YOU NEVER HEARD OF WILLIE MAYS?! By Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Terry Widener. 40 pp. Schwartz & Wade. $17.99. (Picture book; ages 4 to 9) The lenticular cover of this...
Kirkus Reviews, March 7, 2013
...“It’s nighttime in Harlem, and beneath a blanket of stars a young man sits down and writes a poem. He is alone. He has no kids of his own. For whom is he writing this lullaby?” This is a question asked about poet Langston Hughes in Sean Qualls’...
School Library Journal, March 6, 2013
...appended, along with a brief history of baseball in both countries. You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! By Jonah Winter. Illus. by Terry Widener. Random/Schwarz and Wade. 2013. Trade $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-86844-3; Library Edition $20.99. ISBN...
Kirkus Reviews, January 26, 2013
...the life and work of Horace Pippin, self-taught African-American artist; and You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!, by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Terry Widener, an appropriately enthusiastic and energetic biography of the Giants great. Older readers...
Individual.com, May 1, 2013
...The inaugural Columbus Children's Book Festival will culminate years of dreaming and planning when the event debuts with a keynote address Friday night and the main event Saturday at the Columbus Public Library. Famous authors and illustrators will be...
Noodls, April 30, 2013
...kids about reading and education, Meade and McGowan traded off reading "You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!" by Jonah Winter and Andre Carrilho. They seemed to enjoy reading to the kids. For me, it was neat to see their interaction with the students. We...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 25, 2013
...by Sarah Massini, in which Tulip finds the perfect dance partner in a dog named Rex; JFK by Jonah Winter, illus. by AG Ford, a personal profile of John F. Kennedy; Gravediggers: Terror Cove by Christopher Krovatina, second in the series about three kids...
Coventry Patch, December 18, 2012
...the simple words, drawings and old photos of this picture book. "You Never Heard of Willie Mays?" by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Terry Widener (ages 7-9) Not only does this non-fiction picture book tell all about Willie Mays and his astonishing...
South Brunswick Patch, December 12, 2012
...the simple words, drawings and old photos of this picture book. "You Never Heard of Willie Mays?" by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Terry Widener (ages 7-9) Not only does this non-fiction picture book tell all about Willie Mays and his astonishing...
Bass Fan, August 21, 2012
...-- Wellsville, PA -- 4, 08-11 -- 20 Day 1: 1, 01-09 -- Day 2: 3, 07-02 102. Jonah Winter -- Minnetrista, MN -- 4, 08-05 -- 19 Day 1: 1, 02-00 -- Day 2: 3, 06-05 103. Jeff Salmon -- Chester, VA -- 4, 08-00 -- 18 Day...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 28, 2012
...Draw. Don Tate, illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Lee & Low, $17.95. 9781600602603 Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! Jonah Winter, illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Scholastic/Levine, $18.99. 978-0-545-13291-6 Just Ducks! Nicola Davies, illus. by Salvatore Rubbino....
