Kirkus – Bartography

Jennifer Ziegler’s Worser is best, bester, bestest!

It’s “Best […]

By Chris Barton|2022-12-09T07:39:55-05:00December 9th, 2022|Best Books of 2022, Booklist, Holiday House, Jennifer Ziegler, Kirkus, The New York Times, Worser|0 Comments

Worser gets a starred review from Kirkus!

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

“A master class in how to make a picture book.”

How to Make a <a href= […]

By Chris Barton|2021-09-25T06:57:23-05:00September 25th, 2021|Chris Barton, Ernie, How to Make a Book (About My Dog), Kirkus, Lerner, Millbrook, Sarah Horne|1 Comment

Thankful

There’s […]

By Chris Barton|2020-11-23T17:43:04-05:00November 23rd, 2020|All of a Sudden and Forever, Carolrhoda Books, Chris Barton, Evanston Public Library, Kirkus, Lerner, National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE, Nicole Xu, Oklahoma City bombing, Orbis Pictus Award, School Library Journal|0 Comments

Fire Truck vs. Dragon review: “McCloskey’s daffy cartoons make a perfect complement to Barton’s high-wired hilarity”

By Chris Barton|2020-01-03T11:31:17-05:00November 12th, 2019|Chris Barton, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Kirkus, Little Brown, Shanda McCloskey|0 Comments

“An affecting story of loss rooted in one specific tragedy.”

By Chris Barton|2020-03-13T14:15:34-05:00October 23rd, 2019|All of a Sudden and Forever, Carolrhoda Books, Chris Barton, Kirkus, Lerner, Nicole Xu, Oklahoma City bombing|0 Comments

What do they say about What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?

It’s […]

By Chris Barton|2018-12-11T10:10:00-05:00November 28th, 2018|Barbara Jordan, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, Ekua Holmes, Fabulous Prizes, Horn Book, Kirkus, Michele Knott, NCTE, Orbis Pictus Award, Simon & Schuster, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

Starred reviews and other good news for Dazzle Ships

I’ve […]

By Chris Barton|2017-08-18T14:42:45-05:00August 18th, 2017|Booklist, BookPeople, Chris Barton, Dazzle Ships, Kirkus, Millbrook, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Victo Ngai|0 Comments

My first extended conversation about *Dazzle Ships**

*with someone not a) directly involved in its creation, or […]

By Chris Barton|2017-08-17T13:55:58-05:00August 17th, 2017|BookPeople, Chris Barton, Dazzle Ships, Julie Danielson, Kirkus, Millbrook, Victo Ngai|0 Comments

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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