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Jonah Winter

Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge!; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My Name is James Madison Hemings; Barack; The Founding Fathers!; and Lillian’s Right to Vote, a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award recipient and Kirkus Prize finalist.
Welcome to Bobville
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children
Thurgood
The Sad Little Fact
Elvis Is King!
Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet
My Name Is James Madison Hemings
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?!
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Hillary
Lillian's Right to Vote
The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven
Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World
Born and Bred in the Great Depression
Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
Diego

Lillian's Right to Vote - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

Books

Welcome to Bobville
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children
Thurgood
The Sad Little Fact
Elvis Is King!
Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet
My Name Is James Madison Hemings
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?!
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Hillary
Lillian's Right to Vote
The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven
Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World
Born and Bred in the Great Depression
Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
Diego

Media

Lillian's Right to Vote - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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