Chris Barton's Blog: Bartography, page 16
April 18, 2023
Glitter Everywhere! review: “find out how to make the best nonfiction for kids possible”
Holy moly, Betsy Bird's review of Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going over at her blog for School Library Journal is so generous, so expansive, so greatly appreciated that I hardly know which part(s) to quote here before urging you to go check out the rest. But how [...]
April 10, 2023
Jennifer’s Worser is a Buckeye Book Award nominee!
Congratulations to My Favorite Author in the Whole Wide World, a.k.a. my wife, Jennifer Ziegler, on the recent naming of her middle grade novel Worser (Holiday House) to the Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award's list of 2023 nominees for Grades 6-8! "The Buckeyes are one of the few reader’s choice awards in which students [...]
April 3, 2023
Glitter Everywhere!: “how to write about a topic in an effervescent, fun, and yet serious way”
It did my heart good to see what literacy expert Pernille Ripp said on Instagram about my upcoming nonfiction picture book, Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going, which is illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat and coming out on June 27 from Charlesbridge Publishing. View this post on Instagram [...]
April 1, 2023
Win 1 of 4 signed copies of Whoosh!
For my April 2023 giveaway, I'm offering four signed copies of one of my most popular books: Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, illustrated by Don Tate and published by Charlesbridge. Whoosh! has been on my mind a lot lately, because for my school visits this year I've returned this 2016 title -- along [...]
March 29, 2023
Glitter Everywhere! is “an intriguing, entertaining investigation sure to catch readers’ attention”
The first journal review of my 24th book, Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going, is out today. And it's a good one! Kirkus Reviews says that Glitter Everywhere! (coming from Charlesbridge Publishing on June 27) has "an engaging, conversational narrative" and calls illustrator Chaaya Prabhat's art "lively." Overall: [...]
March 17, 2023
Win 1 of 4 signed copies of Shark vs. Train!
Four signed copies of Shark vs. Train (created by Tom Lichtenheld and me and published by Little, Brown) are the big prizes in this month's giveaway! For my recent school visits, I've had huge fun getting reacquainted with the joys of sharing Shark vs. Train and Whoosh! with my audiences, remembering little things I used [...]
March 11, 2023
Talking about glitter and social progress on the Picturebooking podcast
My friend and fellow author Nadia Salomon (Goodnight Ganesha) interviewed me for Nick Patton's Picturebooking podcast, and the episode dropped this week. We had a great conversation about Moving Forward (illustrated by Steffi Walthall) and Glitter Everywhere! (illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat) -- I hope you'll give us a listen.
March 7, 2023
Introducing Glitter Everywhere!
Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going -- written by me, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat, and published by Charlesbridge -- comes out June 27, 2023. Preorder today!
February 28, 2023
Meet the Creators of Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
I recently got to spend a good part of a Saturday with my friend and fellow Austinite Don Tate discussing our book Whoosh! (Charlesbridge, 2016) with a team from Scholastic -- a team that included a terrific pair of educators and a three-camera crew! From Scholastic: First grade teacher Tierra Pitchford and PreK teacher Denise [...]
February 19, 2023
Alton Yates and Moving Forward featured on ABC News
Alton Yates, the subject of my most recent book, has just been featured on ABC News — interviewed by his daughter, Toni Yates. I'm so happy to see such a great person getting this recognition. Just over five minutes into this video, Alton gives a stirring reading from Moving Forward: From Space-Age Rides to Civil [...]
