Barbara Jordan, Lonnie Johnson, and John Roy Lynch in anti-racist reading

The […]

By Chris Barton|2020-07-23T11:07:28-05:00July 23rd, 2020|antiracism, antiracist, Barbara Jordan, Black Lives Matter, Children's Book Council, Chris Barton, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, Lonnie Johnson, Penn Graduate School of Education, Publishers Weekly, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Updated Resources for At-Home Learning with My Books

Hello, all you students, parents, and educators now doing your […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-31T10:09:00-05:00March 31st, 2020|88 Instruments, All of a Sudden and Forever, at-home learning, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dazzle Ships, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Mighty Truck, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Day-Glo Brothers, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Resources for At-Home Learning with My Books

My […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-25T15:46:39-05:00March 25th, 2020|88 Instruments, All of a Sudden and Forever, at-home learning, Bartography Express, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dazzle Ships, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Jennifer Ziegler, Mighty Truck, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Day-Glo Brothers, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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“What happened to John Roy’s brother?”

I get that question a lot after talking with students […]

By Chris Barton|2017-03-28T06:55:41-05:00March 28th, 2017|Chris Barton, Don Tate, Research, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, William Lynch|0 Comments

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Whoosh!, race, and “ALL students”

One […]

By Chris Barton|2020-06-05T14:42:03-05:00February 20th, 2017|Alia Jones, Chris Barton, civil rights, Don Tate, George Wallace, James Hood, Lonnie Johnson, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, University of Alabama, Vivian Malone, Whoosh!|10 Comments

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Thank you, POTUS, and thank you, BrainPOP

I’ve […]

By Chris Barton|2017-01-17T17:04:12-05:00January 17th, 2017|Chris Barton, Reconstruction, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch|0 Comments

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John Roy chose to stay

Texas students in grades 3 through 6 will be voting […]

By Chris Barton|2017-01-10T10:32:31-05:00January 6th, 2017|Chris Barton, Don Tate, Jennifer Ziegler, school visits, Texas Bluebonnet Award, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch|6 Comments

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Your 2016 Carter G. Woodson Award panelists

I’ve been running in bunches of directions of late — […]

By Chris Barton|2017-01-06T07:07:50-05:00December 8th, 2016|Carter G. Woodson Award, Chris Barton, Don Tate, National Council for the Social Studies, Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton of Ch, S.D. Nelson, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, Winifred Conkling|0 Comments

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How are educators using The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch?

I’d […]

By Chris Barton|2016-11-27T17:34:09-05:00November 27th, 2016|Chris Barton, Don Tate, Eerdmans, Reconstruction, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch|0 Comments

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Whoosh! is on the brand-new Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

I’m […]

By Chris Barton|2016-11-10T16:00:34-05:00November 10th, 2016|Chris Barton, Don Tate, school visits, Texas Bluebonnet Award, Texas Library Association, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, Whoosh!|1 Comment

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