Where I’ll be at ALA in Orlando

(Or rather, where I’m supposed to be during the […]

By Chris Barton|2016-06-20T08:26:43-05:00June 20th, 2016|ALA, Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Eerdmans, HarperCollins, Mighty Truck, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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May 2016 Bartography Express: Talking with Don Tate & Troy Cummings, giving away Whoosh! & Mighty Truck

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

By Chris Barton|2016-05-26T10:07:54-05:00May 26th, 2016|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, Don Tate, giveaway, Jennifer Ziegler, Lonnie Johnson, Mighty Truck, Super Soaker, Troy Cummings, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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If you’ll be in Austin at the end of SXSW…

…and want to catch my first-ever public reading of Mighty […]

By Chris Barton|2016-03-06T08:02:01-05:00March 6th, 2016|Chris Barton, Mighty Truck, Rock + Read, SXSW|0 Comments

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Mail call

Recently I’ve been on the receiving end of some pretty […]

By Chris Barton|2016-02-21T06:59:57-05:00February 21st, 2016|Chris Barton, Mighty Truck, reader mail, school visits, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch|0 Comments

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Recognition, celebration, validation

Here’s to the end of 2015, everybody. I hope you’ve […]

By Chris Barton|2015-12-31T11:28:05-05:00December 31st, 2015|Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Jennifer Ziegler, Kate Hannigan, Michele Knott, Mighty Truck, podcasts, Revenge of the Angels, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Nutcracker Comes to America, Troy Cummings|2 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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Writing what I’d love to learn

A post I wrote for the Nerdy Book Club has […]

By Chris Barton|2015-09-23T05:33:13-05:00September 23rd, 2015|A Gamer's Alphabet, ballet, Chris Barton, Day-Glo colors, Harold Christensen, Lew Christensen, Mighty Truck, Nerdy Book Club, Reconstruction, school visits, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Day-Glo Brothers, The Nutcracker, The Nutcracker Comes to America, Tom Lichtenheld, video games, Willam Christensen|0 Comments

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Bartography Express for January 2015, featuring Trent Reedy’s Burning Nation

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

By Chris Barton|2015-01-22T14:11:45-05:00January 22nd, 2015|88 Instruments, Bartography Express, Burning Nation, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Eerdmans, Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival, giveaway, How Not to Be Popular, Jennifer Ziegler, Let's Get Busy, Matthew Winner, Mighty Truck, NCTE, podcasts, Revenge of the Angels, Revenge of the Flower Girls, SCBWI, Shark vs. Train, Stony Brook Southampton's Children's Literature Fellows, Texas Library Association, That's Not Bunny!, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Nutcracker Comes to America, Tom Lichtenheld, Trent Reedy, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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