Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Jessie Hartland. S&S/Wiseman, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5344-8083-4
Wittenstein supplies an eco-history of Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River and its role in launching the environmental movement, opening with the moment in 1969 when the heavily polluted river—upon which “a thick, gooey layer of sludge, oil, and sewage...
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Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Keith Mallett. Charlesbridge, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-58089-881-2
This insightful biography of Sonny Rollins opens with two New Yorkers hearing the sound of saxophone: “What the heck is Sonny Rollins doing on the Williamsburg Bridge?” Wittenstein turns back the clock as Mallett depicts formative moments from...
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Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Chris Hsu. Charlesbridge, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-745-7
This lighthearted story about the origins of the Band-Aid suggests that necessity truly is the mother of invention. In 1920s New Jersey, Earle Dickson is concerned for his wife, Josephine: “Ouch! When she sliced and diced an onion, she sometimes...
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Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4331-4
This deep dive by Wittenstein (Sonny’s Bridge) into the speech that galvanized the 1963 March on Washington stars not only Martin Luther King Jr. but also the colleagues whose support was crucial to him. Caldecott Medalist Pinkney captures King in a
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Barry Wittenstein, illus. by London Ladd. Charlesbridge, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-545-3
Even after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, other hurdles remained for black professional baseball players. It’s something that Bernard, the young African-American narrator of Wittenstein’s first picture book, is acutely aware of. “How come...
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