Peter Linenthal
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Peter Linenthal is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Peter Linenthal
Peter Linenthal is a San Francisco illustrator and teacher whose high-contrast board books, developed with input from infant-vision research, are standard issue in NICUs and new-parent kits across the country.
Also by this author: Look at the Animals! · Look Look Outside!
Official website: jayasgoldennecklace.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.