Ask me anything about Book or Bell?

The […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-19T12:06:35-05:00March 19th, 2020|Ashley Spires, Ask me anything, Bloomsbury, Book or Bell, Chris Barton|0 Comments

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“Why do you have so many illustrators?”

Considering that I’ve worked with Ekua Holmes, Victo Ngai, Don […]

By Chris Barton|2019-01-10T12:19:32-05:00January 10th, 2019|Ashley Spires, author visits, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Ekua Holmes, Nicole Xu, questions from readers, school visits, Shanda McCloskey, Tom Lichtenheld, Troy Cummings, Victo Ngai|0 Comments

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My new favorite readaloud (and maybe yours, too)

“How I make BOOK OR BELL? really sing as […]

By Chris Barton|2018-06-02T14:48:28-05:00November 10th, 2017|Ashley Spires, Bloomsbury, Book or Bell, Chris Barton|0 Comments

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School Library Journal weighs in (twice!) on Book or Bell?

One […]

By Chris Barton|2017-10-10T21:26:26-05:00October 10th, 2017|Ashley Spires, Bloomsbury, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, School Library Journal|0 Comments

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Get up, get out, get writing

On the occasion of the upcoming publication of Book […]

By Chris Barton|2017-10-10T20:58:24-05:00September 21st, 2017|Ashley Spires, Bloomsbury, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, Mackin Books in Bloom|0 Comments

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Good news from Kirkus — and from Kirkus!

Yesterday I went looking for the just-published Kirkus review of […]

By Chris Barton|2017-06-16T07:48:34-05:00June 16th, 2017|Ashley Spires, Bloomsbury, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, Dazzle Ships, Kirkus, Lerner, Millbrook, Victo Ngai|0 Comments

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Coming from me & Ashley Spires in 2017: Book or Bell

This past Thursday’s PW Children’s Bookshelf included the news that […]

By Chris Barton|2015-06-14T05:53:52-05:00June 14th, 2015|Ashley Spires, Bloomsbury, Book or Bell|0 Comments

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