Win signed copies of Worser AND Moving Forward! Before the welcome […] By Chris Barton|2023-11-02T09:16:30-05:00November 2nd, 2023|Alton Yates, Bartography Express, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, giveaway, Holiday House, Jennifer Ziegler, Moving Forward, Simon & Schuster, Steffi Walthall, Worser|5 Comments Read More
Moving Forward is a finalist for the 2022 Writers’ League of Texas Picture Book Award! Such […] By Chris Barton|2023-10-01T15:07:10-05:00September 27th, 2023|Alton Yates, Carmen Oliver, Carrie Fountain, Chris Barton, Christina Soontornvat, Jennifer Ziegler, Melissa Coffey, Moving Forward, Robyn McGrath, Writers' League of Texas|0 Comments Read More
Alton Yates and Moving Forward featured on ABC News Alton Yates, the subject of my most recent book, has […] By Chris Barton|2023-02-19T15:56:44-05:00February 19th, 2023|ABC News, Alton Yates, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, civil rights, Moving Forward, Simon & Schuster, Steffi Walthall|0 Comments Read More
Discussion guides & more for Moving Forward, Whoosh! & other titles Last […] By Chris Barton|2023-01-17T14:36:50-05:00January 17th, 2023|activity guide, Alabama, Alton Yates, Barbara Jordan, Black History Month, Chris Barton, curriculum guide, discussion guide, educator's guide, Florida, Georgia, Lonnie Johnson, Louisiana, Mississippi, Moving Forward, New Mexico, Texas, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments Read More
Live and in person with Alton Yates, the subject of Moving Forward My author-visit […] By Chris Barton|2023-01-02T12:50:10-05:00December 13th, 2022|Alton Yates, author visits, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, civil rights, First Coast News, Florida Association for Media in Education, Florida school visits, Jacksonville Public Library, Moving Forward, NAACP Youth Council, School Library Journal, school visits, Simon & Schuster, Steffi Walthall, WJCT, WJXT|0 Comments Read More
Moving Forward is an SLJ Best Book of 2022! […] By Chris Barton|2022-11-22T08:24:52-05:00November 22nd, 2022|Alton Yates, Beach Lane, Best Books of 2022, Chris Barton, Moving Forward, School Library Journal, Simon & Schuster, Steffi Walthall|0 Comments Read More
Alton Yates & me, in person at the Jacksonville Public Library on 12/3! Gwen Yates, […] By Chris Barton|2022-11-01T07:12:39-05:00November 1st, 2022|Alton Yates, Ax Handle Saturday, Beach Lane, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Public Library, Moving Forward, NAACP Youth Council, Simon & Schuster|0 Comments Read More
Join me at the Texas Book Festival on Saturday, Nov. 5! Teachers and […] By Chris Barton|2022-10-24T16:14:45-05:00October 24th, 2022|Alton Yates, Barbara Jordan, Chris Barton, Indelible Ann, Meghan P. Browne, Moving Forward, Texas Book Festival, Texas Center for the Book, Texas Great Read, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments Read More
My first school visit of the new year — and my first-ever in Europe! Last Monday […] By Chris Barton|2022-09-06T14:36:50-05:00September 6th, 2022|Alton Yates, American School of The Hague, author visits, Chris Barton, Jennifer Ziegler, Moving Forward, school visits|0 Comments Read More
My Soapbox column in Publishers Weekly: “Showing Up and Moving Forward” I wrote something this spring — began writing it for […] By Chris Barton|2022-05-08T06:20:57-05:00May 8th, 2022|Alton Yates, Austin Public Library, author visits, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, civil rights, diversity, freedom to read, library, Moving Forward, nonfiction, public education, public libraries, Publishers Weekly, school libraries, school visits, Simon & Schuster, Soapbox, Steffi Walthall, Texas school visits|0 Comments Read More