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Jonah Winter

Jonah Winter

Jonah Winter

Jonah Winter is the author of two books about baseball, Fair Ball!: 14 Great Stars from Baseball's Negro Leagues and Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends. He is also the author of Diego, a biography of Diego Rivera, and Frida, about artist... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. If at first you don't succeed, keep trying and trying and trying until you've driven everyone around you completely insane.
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My life in 8 words: "Waterloo. Maine. Titanic. Siberia. Babel. Postponed. Cancelled. Waddayagonnado."
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Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude has won an award
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Sonia Sotomayor has won an award
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Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude has won an award
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Which living person do you most admire?
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What is your greatest achievement?
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Who is your favorite fictional hero?
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What’s your greatest flaw?
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What’s your best quality?
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What is your birthdate?
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Is there a book you love to reread?
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What was/is your favorite job?
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What were your previous occupations?
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What is your favorite television show?
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What is your favorite movie?
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Who is your favorite fictional villain?
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What are your 5 favorite songs?
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Who are your favorite authors?
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What’s your fantasy profession?
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What is your biggest pet peeve?
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What’s your greatest fear?
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What do you regret most?
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What is your motto or maxim?
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Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude has won an award
Feb 11, 2010
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Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude has won an award
Feb 11, 2010
Sonia Sotomayor is now available in Hardcover
Nov 10, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor will be released on November 10, 2009 in Hardcover
Nov 10, 2009
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Sonia Sotomayor
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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May 08, 2009
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is now available in Hardcover
Feb 10, 2009
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude will be released on February 10, 2009 in Hardcover
Feb 10, 2009
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is now available in Hardcover
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Steel Town has won an award
Jan 30, 2009
Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude will be released on February 10, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008
Steel Town will be released on May 20, 2008 in Hardcover
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Steel Town is now available in Hardcover
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Roberto Clemente will be released on March 04, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Roberto Clemente is now available in Trade Paperback
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Roberto Clemente will be released on February 08, 2005 in Hardcover
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Roberto Clemente is now available in Hardcover
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Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers will be released on November 11, 2003 in Trade Paperback
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Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers is now available in Trade Paperback
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Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers will be released on November 11, 2003 in
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Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers is now available in
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Roberto Clemente has won an award
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Jonah Winter Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. If at first you don't succeed, keep trying and trying and trying until you've driven everyone around you completely insane. Q. What do you regret most? A. The day I first started using the internet. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Mr. Ed. Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. It's a toss-up -- between piano-playing and tap-dancing. Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Julias Ceasar. And I'd say to him, "We've come to cease your berries, not to praise them. Get it? Get it? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!" Learn more about Jonah Winter

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Port Huron Times-Herald, July 25, 2010
...Lori Stank Choices this week: "While You Were Sleeping" by John Butler, "Here Comes the Garbage Barge" by Jonah Winter and "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick The following books are available at favorite bookstores....
Pittsburgh Almanac, July 8, 2010
...year olds. For details, call 412-429-5380. South Fayette n Read 'Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates' by Jonah Winter, 6:30 p.m. July 13. Grades three-five. Dress as your favorite famous person. n Read 'Hunger Games' by Susan Colleens,...
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, June 13, 2010
...a miraculous ending, this selection will warm the hearts of readers everywhere. 'Here Comes The Garbage Barge!” by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Red Nose Studio, Schwartz & Wade, 2010, 40 pages, $17.99 hardcover. Thirteen years ago, a small town on Long...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 19, 2010
...ISBN 978-0-06-183665-7 FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK. Melina Marchetta. (Candlewick, $18.99) ISBN: 978-0-7636-4361-4 HERE COMES THE GARBAGE BARGE! Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Red Nose Studio. (Random/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99) ISBN 978-0-375-85218-3 MY GARDEN....
Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2010
...the stench of garbage in Here Comes the Garbage Barge (Schwartz & Wade/Random, 40 pages, $17.99), by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Red Nose Studio. This picture book for readers 4-8 is based on the actual story of a garbage barge that began a...
Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2010
...cumbersome method of dumping waste, and one community after another refused to let the infamous "garbage barge" dock. Jonah Winter's "Here Comes the Garbage Barge!" (Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House: $17.99, ages 4-8) tells the story in wonderfully...
Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2010
...cumbersome method of dumping waste, and one community after another refused to let the infamous "garbage barge" dock. Jonah Winter's "Here Comes the Garbage Barge!" (Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House: $17.99, ages 4-8) tells the story in wonderfully...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 23, 2010
...illus. by Chris Raschka. (Candlewick. $17.99. ISBN 978-0763606633. Ages 8-12.) GERTRUDE IS GERTRUDE IS GERTRUDE IS GERTRUDE. Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Calef Brown. (S&S/Atheneum. $16.99. ISBN 978-1416940883. Ages 4-10.) HIGHER! HIGHER! Leslie...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 23, 2010
...illus. by Chris Raschka. (Candlewick. $17.99. ISBN 978-0763606633. Ages 8-12.) GERTRUDE IS GERTRUDE IS GERTRUDE IS GERTRUDE. Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Calef Brown. (S&S/Atheneum. $16.99. ISBN 978-1416940883. Ages 4-10.) HIGHER! HIGHER! Leslie...
Cleveland Live, January 20, 2010
...facial expressions so well that the illustrations feel like photographs. Consider pairing this timely book with “Barack” by Jonah Winter, also illustrated by Ford, to introduce the first couple. Grade: B + Holiday House, $16.95, ages 6-9The Daring...
Smithsonian Magazine, December 20, 2009
...son, Anholt pays homage to the power of individual vision. For aspiring young artists everywhere. Peaceful Heroes by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Sen Addy From Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King to lesser-known figures—including Ginetta Sagan, a...
Blogcritics.org, December 12, 2009
...the unknown? How often have you seen someone endlessly seek guidance and expertise, and never actually act? ... by Jonah Winter Book: 32 pages Release date: 2008-09-30 Publisher: Katherine Tegen by Book: 432 pages Release date: 2009-11-17 Publisher:...
Topeka Capital-Journal, December 5, 2009
...fascinating, eye-opening book about the industrial food chain, replete with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. "Peaceful Heroes," by Jonah Winter, Scholastic, 2009, all ages. In this beautifully illustrated book, peaceful heroes don't kill or even use...
Columbus Dispatch, November 15, 2009
...Serge Bloch • When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead • You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter and Andre Carrilho...
Yahoo! India, November 15, 2009
...books, "Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope" by Nikki Grimes and Brian Collier, and "Barack" by Jonah Winter and A.G. Ford. These books portray the 44th U.S. president as a hero, bridge builder and uniter. "Both books suggest that by embracing...
Malaysia Sun, November 15, 2009
...books, 'Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope' by Nikki Grimes and Brian Collier, and 'Barack' by Jonah Winter and A.G. Ford. These books portray the 44th U.S. president as a hero, bridge builder and uniter. 'Both books suggest that by embracing...
Topnews.in, November 14, 2009
...books, "Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope" by Nikki Grimes and Brian Collier, and "Barack" by Jonah Winter and A. G. Ford. These books portray the 44th U. S. president as a hero, bridge builder and uniter. "Both books suggest that by embracing...
Kingston This Week, November 12, 2009
...taken prisoner. Some called it 'the bloodiest nine hours in Canadian military history.' Peaceful Heroes Peaceful Heroes, by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Sean Addy, writes about the peaceful hero, who is willing to die for a cause, but never to kill...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 22, 2009
...Arizona ranch where the first woman on the nation's highest court grew up. (Ages 4-8.) ? Author Jonah Winter has just published two very different picture-book biographies. In 'The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan' (Scholastic, $16.99), Winter tells...
Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry, August 18, 2010
...not Sonia’s story alone.  This is also the story of a mother’s love.  Author Jonah Winter, along with Sonia Sotomayor herself make clear that it is Sonia’s mother’s dedication, hard work, nurture, love and warmth that provide the ground for her...
5 Great Books, August 11, 2010
...justice.Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx by Jonah Winter (Author) and Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)A bilingual picture book biography of the first Latina Supreme Court justice.The U.S. Supreme Courtby Anastasia...
Literate Lives, August 10, 2010
...on the road to my sister's class in Ashland. 10. H ere Comes the Garbage Barge by Jonah Winter: At last, a little non-fiction! The story of the wandering barge of garbage told with fun pix and humor. I don't do much non-fiction in THE PIT but...
La Bloga, June 16, 2010
...Sotomayor: a judge grows in the Bronx / Sonia Sotomayor: la juez que creció en el Bronx by Jonah Winter, Illustrated by Edel Rodríguez. Atheneum, 2009. 36 pgs. ISBN 978-1-4424-0303-1. Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Rafael...
TheHappyNappyBookseller, January 6, 2010
...Favorite Sports Books The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp The Brooklyn Nine by Alan M. Gratz The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr Boost by Kathy Mackel...
TheHappyNappyBookseller, January 3, 2010
...Angel Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx by Jonah Winter illus. by Edel Rodriguez Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El rey del futbol by Monica Brown illus by Rudy Gutierrez 10 Favorite Non Fiction Titles Sweethearts of...
Shelf Talk, December 22, 2009
...eclectic zine.  The entire family will enjoy this fascinating and quirky history book.   Peaceful Heroes , by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Sean Addy This visually striking tribute to fourteen historical role models demonstrates the power of...
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them), December 21, 2009
...audience participation and is a perfect read-aloud. That’s right, perfect. You Never Heard Of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter and Andre Carrilho Schwartz & Wade February 2009 Striking illustrations coupled with a fantastic voice- this book makes you...
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and, November 14, 2009
...books, “Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope” by Nikki Grimes and Brian Collier, and “Barack” by Jonah Winter and A.G. Ford. These books portray the 44th U.S. president as a hero, bridge builder and uniter. “Both books suggest that by...
Sindh Today - Online News, November 14, 2009
...books, ‘Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope’ by Nikki Grimes and Brian Collier, and ‘Barack’ by Jonah Winter and A.G. Ford. These books portray the 44th U.S. president as a hero, bridge builder and uniter. ‘Both books suggest that by...
Abby (the) Librarian, October 26, 2009
...will thrill at seeing T-Math use them in the story. The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Richard E giels ki . Arthur A. Levine Books, April 2009. Copy from my local library. This book tells the story of Gilbert...
The Best American Poetry, October 20, 2009
...An " Asian Pear " More reading: on loan from storyteller extraordinaire Ken Drenen     Letter to Jonah Winter Long nose Oak Chicken card Glasses chamois More poems!  Malt Liquor Moldy Parmesan ( "You take the good, you take the bad..." ) Persimmons...
Young Readers, October 16, 2009
...Global Fund for Children Charlesbridge Status: Eligible Nominated by: shelf-employed Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude by Jonah Winter Atheneum Status: Eligible Nominated by: Boni Ashburn Haunted Houses (Blazers) by Lisa Wade Mccormick...
Author Amok, September 11, 2009
...a nail. A nail is unison. Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea. Poetry Friday Bonus! Have you seen Jonah Winter and Calef Brown's Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude ? It's a sweet picture book bio that captures Stein's wordplay. I can't wait to...
Casting Pearls Before Swine, September 4, 2009
...lifted up the downhearted people and made them believe that the world was not beyond repair." ~ Jonah Winter For the first time, and hopefully the last, I am simply going to link to an article instead of expressing my personal opinion on the subject:...