Barb Rosenstock

Barb Rosenstock (born 1 April 1960) 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, 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. 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”

Selected works 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 Awards and honors The John and Patricia Beatty Award (2013) for The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks Bank Street Best Book of the Year (2013) for The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks The Caldecott Honor (2015) for The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art ILA Teacher's Choice (2015) for The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art ALA Notable (2015) for The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art Bank Street Best Book of the Year (2015) for The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art Bank Street Best Book of the Year (2015) for The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America's Hero The Orbis Pictus Recommended (2015) for The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America's Hero ISHOF Dawson Award (2015) for Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention NSTA Best STEM Book (2017) for Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention The Golden Kite (2019) for Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere Orbis Pictus Recommended (2019) for Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book (2019) for Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere NSTA Best STEM Book (2019) for Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere Bank Street Best Book of the Year (2019) for Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere Bank Street Best Book of the Year (2019) for The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art The Orbis Pictus Honor (2019) for The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art The South Asia Book Award (2019) for The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art Bank Street Best Book of the Year (2019) for Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art Sydney Taylor Book Honor (2019) for Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life

Personal life Rosenstock lives with her family in Chicago, Illinois.