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January 31, 2025
This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 70 & giveaway: What Fell from the Sky, by Adrianna Cuevas
Welcome to the 70th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Adrianna Cuevas about the dedication she wrote for her middle grade fantasy novel What Fell from the Sky (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2025). What Fell from the Sky is [...]
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January 28, 2025
New author photos! Get a look at the 2025 edition of me, Chris Barton
More than five years after my previous author photo shoot, I recently had a session with Austin photographer Elizabeth McGuire, and I'm delighted by the results. If you need a photo of yours truly and you don't want anyone to think that either of us is trying to pull a fast one by passing off [...]
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January 22, 2025
Matching dogs, early drafts & a dozen-plus years: How my next picture book began
Sometimes it's hard to say exactly when or how a story idea originated, but for my upcoming picture book We Match! — illustrated by Sharon Glick and coming from Astra Young Readers on July 15 — I remember both the when and the how. At a cabin on a little lake in December 2011 (yes, [...]
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January 8, 2025
This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 69 & giveaway: Do Not Open the Box! by Timothy Young
Welcome to the 69th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author and illustrator Timothy Young about the dedication he wrote for his picture book Do Not Open the Box! (Schiffer Kids, 2016). Do Not Open the Box! is just one of three titles included [...]
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January 7, 2025
This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 68 & giveaway: Skyriders, by Polly Holyoke
Welcome to the 68th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Polly Holyoke about the dedication she wrote for her middle grade fantasy novel Skyriders (Viking Books for Young Readers, 2023). Skyriders is just one of three titles included in the January 2025 book [...]
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January 6, 2025
January 2025 book giveaway: Win 1 of 4 signed copies of Whoosh! (or ¡Fushhh!)
When I do author visits to schools, my hosts let me know which of my 24 published books they'd like me to focus on during my time with their students. The options I offer aren't necessarily my newest releases. A couple of years ago I decided to return my 2016 nonfiction picture book, Whoosh! Lonnie [...]
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December 12, 2024
All the college kidlit conferences (2025 edition!)
Or, more formally, "A Comprehensive List of U.S. College- and University-Sponsored or -Hosted Children's and Young Adult Literature Conferences, Festivals, and Symposia." (All of them that I could find, anyway). Several years ago, I was looking for such a list, wondered why I couldn't find one, and decided to just go ahead and make one [...]
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December 11, 2024
December 2024 book giveaway: Win one of my picture-book predecessors to We Match!
To celebrate the 2025 publication of We Match! -- my first fiction picture book in more than five years -- I'm closing out 2024 by giving away signed copies of Shark vs. Train, Mighty Truck, Book or Bell? and Fire Truck vs. Dragon. Why those four? Well, like my upcoming release, they're also funny, completely [...]
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Cover reveal for my next picture book: We Match!
Do you love funny stories about dogs? Do you love picture books that playfully encourage groups of readers to consider what they have in common? Do you love the subtle introduction of mathematical concepts via characters named Button, Armando, Scurry, Mango, Lucille Snowball, Dexter, and Bozeman? If so... We Match! Coming in July 2025 from [...]
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December 6, 2024
This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 67 & giveaway: A Voice of Hope, by Nadia Salomon
Welcome to the 67th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Nadia Salomon about the dedication she wrote for her picture book biography A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story (illustrated by London Ladd; Philomel Books, 2024). A Voice of HoPe is just [...]
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