How to begin a new year with a good night’s sleep

It’s my birthday today, and my most recent journey around […]

By Chris Barton|2017-07-06T06:01:22-05:00July 6th, 2017|children's literature, Chris Barton, Conference, diversity, Festival|7 Comments

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September 2016 Bartography Express: “If children learn to love and respect the elephant through this book, I will be overjoyed”

To get Bartography Express in your inbox each month — […]

By Chris Barton|2016-09-30T10:53:21-05:00September 30th, 2016|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, diversity, Eliza Wheeler, Jennifer Ziegler, Modern First Library, Revenge of the Happy Campers, This Is Our Baby Born Today, Varsha Bajaj|0 Comments

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Modern First Library: Connecting shoppers with diverse books for two years and counting

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By Chris Barton|2016-09-20T10:14:04-05:00September 20th, 2016|Angie Manfredi, BookPeople, Chris Barton, diversity, Divya Srinivasan, Duncan Tonatiuh, Ellen Oh, Modern First Library, Phoebe Yeh|0 Comments

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How to Make a Kidlit List, Version 2.0

Updated and improved, thanks to some thoughtful feedback, and […]

By Chris Barton|2016-06-13T10:37:20-05:00June 13th, 2016|children's literature, Chris Barton, diversity, How to Make a Kidlit List|0 Comments

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How to make a kidlit list

I have made some good-looking flowcharts in my time. This […]

By Chris Barton|2016-06-13T10:38:09-05:00April 17th, 2016|children's literature, Chris Barton, diversity, How to Make a Kidlit List|0 Comments

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Bartography Express for May 2015, featuring Elena Dunkle’s Elena Vanishing

This month, one subscriber to my Bartography Express newsletter will […]

By Chris Barton|2015-05-20T08:54:16-05:00May 20th, 2015|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, Clare B. Dunkle, diversity, Elena Dunkle, Elena Vanishing, giveaway, Hope and Other Luxuries, Jennifer Ziegler, NCTE, Revenge of the Angels, school visits, Texas Library Association, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, young adult|0 Comments

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Austin authors’ efforts on behalf of diverse books

My local kidlit community — including not only authors and […]

By Chris Barton|2015-04-12T13:42:11-05:00April 12th, 2015|BookPeople, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith, diversity, Don Tate, Modern First Library, Texas Library Association, The Great Greene Heist, Varian Johnson, We Need Diverse Books|0 Comments

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Podcast interview: Life. Leadership. Video Games. And me.

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By Chris Barton|2014-12-20T08:07:07-05:00December 20th, 2014|A Gamer's Alphabet, Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!, Chris Barton, diversity, Games & Books & QA, Joey Spiotto, parenting, podcasts, video games|0 Comments

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Who you’ll find in Attack! Boss! Cheat Code! A Gamer’s Alphabet

I […]

By Chris Barton|2014-11-02T07:32:27-05:00November 2nd, 2014|A Gamer's Alphabet, Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!, Chris Barton, diversity, Joey Spiotto, POW!, video games|0 Comments

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The story behind Modern First Library

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By Chris Barton|2014-09-18T21:43:13-05:00September 18th, 2014|BookPeople, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith, diversity, Modern First Library, We Need Diverse Books|0 Comments

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