Barb Rosenstock (born 1 April 1959) is an American author and illustrator of children's literature books. In 2015, her book The Noisy Paint Box, illustrated by Mary Grandpré, received a Caldecott Honor,[1][2]The Secret Kingdom and Otis and Will discover the deep won Orbis Pictus Honor, and Through the Window won Sydney Taylor Honor and the California Library Association Beatty Award as well as numerous national and state recognitions.[1]
Rosenstock was born on 1 April 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Loyola University in Chicago with a bachelor's in psychology.[3][1] In 2001, Rosenstock received a MAT in Elementary Education from National Louis University after student teaching second grade.[1] In 2018, she was a visiting author at the Library of Congress.[3]
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.[4] 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” [5]
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
