Jonah Winter

""The words were dangerous." For as long as people have been expressing their opinions in writing, there have been those in positions of power who have succeeded in censoring those thoughts—or making sure they were never printed in the first place. In this timely and provocative parable, a book is first subjected to redaction, then removal from a library. From award-winning author Jonah Winter, this provocative tale is subject to increasing amounts...

An illustrated introduction to the life of Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up in poverty in the Bronx and became the first Latino Supreme Court justice. Written in both English and Spanish.

"When billy barr came to the mountains as a young man, his only companions were a skunk and a pine marten. He needed something to fill the hours. So he began measuring the snow that fell. Day after day, and year after year, he measured. As he grew older, he noticed something: the snow was disappearing. It arrived later, melted sooner, and there wasn’t as much of it. He shared his records with a local scientist, who shared them with other scientists,...

"Follow a sad little fact who is locked away for telling the truth. In its underground prison, it meets other facts, all hidden away because they could not lie. Finally, with the help of a few skillful fact-finders, the facts are set free"--Provided by publisher.

An illustrated tribute to the 35th president's White House years, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, offers insight into JFK's cultural significance to everyday Americans.

Describes the lives and accomplishments of noteworthy women from the Wild West, providing full-color portraits and biographical sketches of Calamity Jane, Annie Oakley, Belle Starr, Polly Pry, Nellie Cashman, and others, and including a time line.

A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama.