Draft:Barb Rosenstock

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Barb Rosenstock
BornApril 1st, 1959
OccupationChildren's non-fiction author
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's non-fiction
Notable awardsGolden Kite Award, Caldecott Honor, John and Patricia Beatty Award
Website
https://barbrosenstock.com/

Barb Rosenstock is an American children’s author (born April 1st, 1959). She is most well known for her books The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, Otis and Will Discover The Deep, and Vincent Can’t Sleep.

Early Life[edit]

Ever since she was a child she was interested in history which inspired her career later in her life. She kept to this passion until the beginning of her literary career. Contradictory to this, in university, she majored in psychology. She states that she “loved history, social studies, theatre, and music”, yet she “was a psychology major in college, and worked in corporate marketing and communications” until she realized her passion for writing.[1][2]

Early Career[edit]

When she finished university and earned her BS in Psychology (Loyola University), she spent around 20 years as a creative manager in the marketing and corporate graphic design sectors. She went on to student teach and earn her MAT in Elementary Education (National Louis University).[1][2]

Literary Career[edit]

As a teacher and mother, she enjoyed reading to her students and her two sons, which made her passionate about picture books. She states that “my two sons were my original inspiration”. This led her to join SCBWI, a society of children’s authors, and start writing her books.[1] Her works have gained praise for illuminating the lives and events of historical figures, artists, and more in a form fit for children as said by School Library Journal in a review for Thomas Jefferson Builds A Library, “It is no small feat to entertain children in a book about loving books, but this duo [Barb Rosenstock and her illustrator, John O’Brien] succeeds admirably”[2][3]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Fearless: The Story of Racing Legend Louise Smith, Dutton Children’s Books (Penguin Random House) 2010
  • The Littlest Mountain, Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House) 2011
  • The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks, Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House) 2012
  • Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library, Boyds Mills & Kane 2013
  • The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art, Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House) 2014
  • The Streak: How Joe Dimaggio Became America's Hero, Boyds Mills & Kane 2014
  • Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention, Calkins Creek (Highlights) 2015
  • Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth, Calkins Creek (Highlights) 2016
  • Vincent Can't Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky, Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House) 2017
  • The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art, Candlewick Press 2018
  • Blue Grass Boy: The Story of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music, Calkins Creek (Highlights) 2018
  • Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere, Little Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group USA) 2018
  • Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art, Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House) 2018
  • Yogi: The Life, Loves, and Language of Baseball Legend Yogi Berra, Calkins Creek (Highlights) 2019
  • Prairie Boy: Frank Lloyd Wright Turns the Heartland Into a Home, Calkins Creek (Highlights) 2019
  • Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson for the Vote, Calkins Creek (Highlights) 2020
  • Leave It to Abigail!: The Revolutionary Life of Abigail Adams, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group USA) 2020
  • Mornings with Monet, Knopf Books for Young Readers 2021
  • The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration, Knopf Books for Young Readers 2022

Notable Awards and Honors[edit]

  • The John and Patricia Beatty Award (2013) for The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks[4]
  • The Caldecott Honor (2015) for The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art[5]
  • ISHOF Dawson Award (2015) for Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention[6]
  • The Golden Kite (2019) for Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere[7][8]
  • The South Asia Book Award (2019) for The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art[9][10]
  • Sydney Taylor Book Honor (2019) for Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life[11][12]

Other awards and honors include "Bank Street Best Book of the Year" on many different occasions, "Orbis Pictus Recommended" and "Orbis Pictus Honor" several times, a variety of NSTA awards, and much more.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c admin (2022-02-23). "Meet the Author: Barb Rosenstock". Judaica in the Spotlight. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Full Bio - Barb Rosenstock". barbrosenstock.com. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  3. ^ Barb, ROSENSTOCK. "Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  4. ^ "The John and Patricia Beatty Award Recipients - California Library Association". cla-net.org. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  5. ^ James, Erika R. "LibGuides: Caldecott Award & Honor Winners: 2015 Winner & Honorees". libguides.astate.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  6. ^ "Buck Dawson Authors Award". ISHOF. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  7. ^ Quintavalle, Paola. "Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, January 16, 2019". www.shelf-awareness.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  8. ^ "SCBWI | SCBWI Announces 2019 Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Awards". 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  9. ^ "The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art". South Asia Book Award. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  10. ^ "2019 South Asia Book Awards Announced". Center for South Asia. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  11. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010005/https://jewishlibraries.starchapter.com/images/downloads/Awards/stbaallawardwinnersever.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2023-11-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010005/https://jewishlibraries.starchapter.com/images/downloads/Awards/stbaallawardwinnersever.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2023-11-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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