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.