Rachel Isadora
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Rachel Isadora 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 Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora danced professionally with the Boston Ballet before an injury turned her to illustration — a path that gave her books their unusual sense of movement and body-joy. Her Caldecott Honor book Ben's Trumpet remains a classic of visual rhythm.
She drew constantly between rehearsals as a young dancer; when her dance career ended in her twenties, the sketchbooks became the second act.
Also by this author: Ben's Trumpet · Max · Peekaboo Bedtime
Official website: www.rachelisadora.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.