Reading Beyond with Whoosh! and What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?

Well, this is pretty neat: Every couple of years, the […]

By Chris Barton|2020-04-21T15:21:02-05:00April 21st, 2020|ALA, Barbara Jordan, Beach Lane, Charlesbridge, Children's Book Council, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Ekua Holmes, Lonnie Johnson, Reading Beyond, Simon & Schuster|0 Comments

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Ask me anything about Whoosh!

A […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-18T16:37:30-05:00March 18th, 2020|Ask me anything, Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Lonnie Johnson, Super Soaker, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Whoosh! subject Lonnie Johnson last month at Kennedy Library Forums

By Chris Barton|2019-08-01T07:16:29-05:00August 1st, 2019|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, JFK, Lonnie Johnson, Super Soaker, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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An animated look at what’s inside a Super Soaker

Here’s a fascinating, captivating, three-minute stop-motion video composed of more […]

By Chris Barton|2019-06-07T05:45:28-05:00June 7th, 2019|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Lonnie Johnson, Super Soaker, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Now available: WHOOSH! (in paperback) and ¡FUSHHH! (en español)

Three […]

By Chris Barton|2019-05-07T20:46:38-05:00May 7th, 2019|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Fushhh!, Lonnie Johnson, Super Soaker, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Thank you (again!), Pennsylvania school librarians

Earlier […]

By Chris Barton|2019-02-27T07:27:44-05:00February 27th, 2019|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Dazzle Ships, Don Tate, Lerner, Little Brown, Millbrook, Pennsylvania School Libraries Association, Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards, Shark vs. Train, The Day-Glo Brothers, Tom Lichtenheld, Tony Persiani, Victo Ngai, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Coming soon to Mobile, AL: the Lonnie G. Johnson Educational Complex

Don […]

By Chris Barton|2019-02-20T08:01:39-05:00February 20th, 2019|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Lonnie Johnson, Whoosh!|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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¡Fushhh!

A year ago this week, after some pondering on my […]

By Chris Barton|2018-12-11T10:14:04-05:00November 13th, 2018|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Fushhh!, Lonnie Johnson, nonfiction, Spanish, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Thank you, readers in Utah and Washington!

I love getting mail. Getting mail was one of my […]

By Chris Barton|2018-07-06T06:22:02-05:00July 6th, 2018|Beehive Book Award, Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award, Bluestem Readers' Choice Award, Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Diamond Primary Book Award, Don Tate, Fabulous Prizes, Lonnie Johnson, Nutmeg Book Award, Super Soaker, Towner Award, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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