Jeanette Winter
October 6, 1939 - November 7, 2025
General Information
Bio
Jeanette Winter (1939-2025) Author, illustrator. Jeanette Winter was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
Jeanette Margot (Ragner) Winter
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1939
Birth
Jeanette Margot Ragner was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 6, 1939.
1988
Literary Work
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Alfred A. Knopf
0394896947 / 978-0394896946
Children’s book.
Alfred A. Knopf
0394896947 / 978-0394896946
Children’s book.
1998
Literary Work
My Name Is Georgia
Harcourt Childrens Books
015201649X / 978-0152016494
Biography for children about Georgia O’Keeffe.
Harcourt Childrens Books
015201649X / 978-0152016494
Biography for children about Georgia O’Keeffe.
2005
Literary Work
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
Clarion Books
0152054456 / 978-0152054458
Children’s book.
Clarion Books
0152054456 / 978-0152054458
Children’s book.
2006
Literary Work
Mama: A True Story, in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama During a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, And a New Mama
Harcourt Childrens Books
0152054952 / 978-0152054953
Nonfiction for children.
Harcourt Childrens Books
0152054952 / 978-0152054953
Nonfiction for children.
2009
Literary Work
Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
Beach Lane Books
1416994378 / 978-1416994374
Children’s book.
Beach Lane Books
1416994378 / 978-1416994374
Children’s book.
2016
Literary Work
Nanuk the Ice Bear
Beach Lane Books
1481446673 / 978-1481446679
Children’s book.
Beach Lane Books
1481446673 / 978-1481446679
Children’s book.
2017
Literary Work
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
Beach Lane Books
148144669X / 978-1481446693
Children’s book.
Beach Lane Books
148144669X / 978-1481446693
Children’s book.
2019
Literary Work
Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet
Beach Lane Books
1534467785 / 978-1534467781
Nonfiction.
Beach Lane Books
1534467785 / 978-1534467781
Nonfiction.
2019
Literary Work
Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams
Beach Lane Books
1534431217 / 978-1534431218
Children’s book.
Beach Lane Books
1534431217 / 978-1534431218
Children’s book.
2021
Literary Work
Sister Corita's Words and Shapes
Beach Lane Books
1534496017 / 978-1534496019
Children’s book.
Beach Lane Books
1534496017 / 978-1534496019
Children’s book.
2025
Residence
Ms. Winter and her husband lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.
2025
Death
New York County: Jeanette Winter died in Manhattan, New York, on November 7, 2025.
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