May 2026 giveaway: Win 1 of 4 signed copies of 88 Instruments

This summer will mark the tenth anniversary of the publication […]

By Chris Barton|2026-05-08T18:25:26-05:00May 8th, 2026|88 Instruments, Bartography Express, Chris Barton, giveaway, Knopf, Louis Thomas|3 Comments

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Win 1 of 4 signed copies of 88 Instruments!

For my […]

By Chris Barton|2024-03-07T08:22:46-05:00March 1st, 2024|88 Instruments, activity kit, Bartography Express, Chris Barton, educator's guide, giveaway, Knopf, Louis Thomas|9 Comments

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Win one of four signed copies of 88 Instruments!

When […]

By Chris Barton|2022-05-02T09:40:33-05:00May 2nd, 2022|88 Instruments, Bartography Express, Chris Barton, giveaway, Knopf, Louis Thomas|9 Comments

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My 88 Instruments and Kwame Alexander’s Acoustic Rooster featured by the National Association for Music Education

Thomas […]

By Chris Barton|2020-07-02T13:16:10-05:00July 2nd, 2020|88 Instruments, Chris Barton, Knopf, Louis Thomas, National Association for Music Education|0 Comments

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Ask me anything about 88 Instruments

From […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-19T11:46:45-05:00March 19th, 2020|88 Instruments, Ask me anything, Chris Barton, Knopf, Louis Thomas|0 Comments

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A Horn Book review, a custom-made pie, and other good stuff for 88 Instruments

There’s been […]

By Chris Barton|2016-09-13T14:07:54-05:00September 13th, 2016|88 Instruments, Chris Barton, Knopf, Louis Thomas|0 Comments

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August 2016 Bartography Express: The smashiest, the crashiest — and the animalsiest

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

By Chris Barton|2016-08-31T09:27:34-05:00August 31st, 2016|88 Instruments, A Walk on the Wild Side, Bartography Express, Cathy Gendron, Chris Barton, Ernie, Jennifer Ziegler, Knopf, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Thomas, Modern First Library, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Nutcracker Comes to America, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Four new books from me in 2016

Now that the cover of my next book with […]

By Chris Barton|2015-11-15T08:50:51-05:00November 15th, 2015|88 Instruments, Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Colin Jack, Disney, Don Tate, HarperCollins, Knopf, Louis Thomas, Mighty Truck, That's Not Bunny!, Troy Cummings, Whoosh!|2 Comments

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And then sometimes books happen very (relatively) quickly

So, I was talking about how long these books […]

By Chris Barton|2015-01-18T08:28:23-05:00January 18th, 2015|88 Instruments, Chris Barton, Knopf, Louis Thomas|0 Comments

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