A Place to Land

By By Barry Wittenstein Illustrated By Jerry Pinkney

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the movement that it galvanized. Now available in paperb...

Waiting for Pumpsie

By Barry Wittenstein Author London Ladd Illustrator

In 1959 the Boston Red Sox was the last team in the Major Leagues to integrate. But when they call Elijah “Pumpsie” Green up from the minors, Bernard is overjoyed to see a black player...

Sonny's Bridge

By Barry Wittenstein Author Keith Mallett Illustrator

This groovy, bebopping, music picture book biography chronicles legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins's search for inspiration on the Williamsburg Bridge after quitting the jazz scene in 1959.Ro...

Oscar's American Dream

By Barry Wittenstein, Kristen Howdeshell, Kevin Howdeshell

If you want to see 20th century American history unfold before your eyes, stand on a city street corner and watch it change! It all starts when an immigrant named Oscar opens a barber shop...When O...

Oscar's American Dream

By Barry Wittenstein, Kristen Howdeshell, Kevin Howdeshell

If you want to see 20th century American history unfold before your eyes, stand on a city street corner and watch it change! It all starts when an immigrant named Oscar opens a barber shop...When O...

A Place to Land

By By Barry Wittenstein Illustrated By Jerry Pinkney

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the movement that it galvanized.Winner of the Orbis Pict...

A Place to Land

By By Barry Wittenstein Illustrated By Jerry Pinkney

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the movement that it galvanized.Winner of the Orbis Pict...

Day the River Caught Fire

By Barry Wittenstein, Jessie Hartland

Day the River Caught Fire

By Barry Wittenstein, Jessie Hartland

The Boo-Boos That Changed the World

By Barry Wittenstein Author Chris Hsu Illustrator

Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval?1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson...