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

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“Funny, clever and compassionate…” says The New York Times

“Funny, clever and […]

By Chris Barton|2022-08-16T09:36:36-05:00August 16th, 2022|Holiday House, Jennifer Ziegler, middle grade, The New York Times, Worser|0 Comments

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My Favorite Author in the Whole Wide World (and Worser) will be at the National Book Festival!

Big news […]

By Chris Barton|2022-07-15T13:32:22-05:00July 15th, 2022|Holiday House, Jennifer Ziegler, Worser|0 Comments

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This One’s Dedicated to… (#46): Naomi Shihab Nye, The Turtle of Michigan

Welcome to the 46th episode of “This One’s Dedicated to…” […]

By Chris Barton|2022-05-26T14:21:05-05:00May 26th, 2022|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, dedications, giveaway, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins, Jennifer Ziegler, Naomi Shihab Nye, San Antonio Book Festival, The Turtle of Michigan, The Turtle of Oman, This One's Dedicated to|7 Comments

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My schedule (and Jennifer’s, too) for the TLA 2022 Annual Conference

I’ve been […]

By Chris Barton|2022-04-20T16:05:02-05:00April 20th, 2022|Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Holiday House, How to Make a Book (About My Dog), Jennifer Ziegler, Lerner, Little Brown, Moving Forward, Simon & Schuster, Texas Library Association, Worser|0 Comments

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This One’s Dedicated to… (#45): John Schu and Veronica Miller Jamison, This Is a School

Welcome to the 45th episode of “This One’s Dedicated to…,” […]

By Chris Barton|2022-03-27T08:48:19-05:00March 27th, 2022|Bartography Express, Candlewick, Chris Barton, dedications, giveaway, Jennifer Ziegler, John Schu, This Is a School, This One's Dedicated to|14 Comments

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Win a signed copy of Jennifer Ziegler’s Worser!

Jennifer […]

By Chris Barton|2022-03-07T12:00:55-05:00March 7th, 2022|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, giveaway, Holiday House, Jennifer Ziegler, Margaret Ferguson, middle grade, Worser|10 Comments

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Our favorite moments (so far!) in “This One’s Dedicated to…”

As part of our appearance at the Texas Association for […]

By Chris Barton|2022-03-07T13:27:40-05:00March 3rd, 2022|Angela Cervantes, Baptiste Paul, Betsy Bird, Chris Barton, dedications, Gene Luen Yang, Jennifer Ziegler, John Schu, K.A. Holt, Kao Kalia Yang, Karina Yan Glaser, Kekla Magoon, Nikki Grimes, Rita Williams-Garcia, Stephen Shaskan, Steve Sheinkin, Stuart Gibbs, Texas Association for Literacy Education, This One's Dedicated to, Torrey Maldonado, Tracey Baptiste, Veronica Miller Jamison|0 Comments

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Free to good (and halfway convenient) home: one Oklahoma City Survivor Tree seedling

I was […]

By Chris Barton|2022-01-23T21:42:15-05:00January 23rd, 2022|All of a Sudden and Forever, Carolrhoda Books, Chris Barton, Jennifer Ziegler, Lerner, Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, Survivor Tree|0 Comments

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Worser gets a starred review from Kirkus!

On […]

By Chris Barton|2021-12-28T08:56:35-05:00December 28th, 2021|Holiday House, Jennifer Ziegler, Kirkus, middle grade, Worser|0 Comments

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