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Drawing by Jeanette Winter

Jeanette Winter

Jeanette Winter is the acclaimed author/illustrator of many highly regarded picture books, including The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq; Mama: A True Story in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, and a New Mama; Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa; Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan; Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia; and most recently, Henri’s Scissors. She lives with her husband, artist Roger Winter, in New York.

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Henri's Scissors By: Jeanette Winter

Illustrated by: Jeanette Winter

This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages

Publication date: August 27, 2013

Ages: 5 - 8

Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts!In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and...

Other Formats: eBook

Nasreen's Secret School A True Story from Afghanistan By: Jeanette Winter

Illustrated by: Jeanette Winter

This edition: eBook, 40 pages

Publication date: June 28, 2011

Ages: 6 - 9

Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared. In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls. Will a devoted teacher, a new friend, and the worlds...

Biblioburro A True Story from Colombia By: Jeanette Winter

Illustrated by: Jeanette Winter

This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages

Publication date: June 8, 2010

Ages: 6 - 9

Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution--a traveling library! He buys two donkeys--Alfa and Beto--and...

Other Formats: eBook