#ILA18: Books & other resources mentioned in my speech this morning

The Literacy and Social Responsibility Special Interest Group of […]

By Chris Barton|2018-07-19T12:11:26-05:00July 22nd, 2018|Barbara Jordan, Beach Lane, BookPeople, Chris Barton, Ekua Holmes, Getting Better All the Time, How to Diversify Your Kidlit-Related Lists, How to Make a Kidlit List, Ijeoma Oluo, International Literacy Association, Literacy and Social Responsibility Special Interest Group, Mark Engler, Modern First Library, Paul Engler, So You Want to Talk About Race, This Is an Uprising, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|2 Comments

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Modern First Library expands to Dallas!

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By Chris Barton|2017-09-14T09:20:36-05:00September 14th, 2017|BookPeople, Chris Barton, Interabang Books, Modern First Library|0 Comments

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September 2016 Bartography Express: “If children learn to love and respect the elephant through this book, I will be overjoyed”

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By Chris Barton|2016-09-30T10:53:21-05:00September 30th, 2016|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, diversity, Eliza Wheeler, Jennifer Ziegler, Modern First Library, Revenge of the Happy Campers, This Is Our Baby Born Today, Varsha Bajaj|0 Comments

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Modern First Library: Connecting shoppers with diverse books for two years and counting

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By Chris Barton|2016-09-20T10:14:04-05:00September 20th, 2016|Angie Manfredi, BookPeople, Chris Barton, diversity, Divya Srinivasan, Duncan Tonatiuh, Ellen Oh, Modern First Library, Phoebe Yeh|0 Comments

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

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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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Many thanks to Joe McDermott and Phil Bildner

The recent KidLit TV segment on Modern First Library […]

By Chris Barton|2016-01-09T10:58:10-05:00January 9th, 2016|A Whole New Ballgame, BookPeople, Chris Barton, Coconut Beach, Joe McDermott, Marvelous Cornelius, Modern First Library, Phil Bildner|2 Comments

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Modern First Library on KidLit TV

Modern First Library — the program that BookPeople and I […]

By Chris Barton|2015-11-23T07:53:36-05:00November 23rd, 2015|BookPeople, Chris Barton, KidLit TV, Modern First Library, Phil Bildner|4 Comments

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Austin authors’ efforts on behalf of diverse books

My local kidlit community — including not only authors and […]

By Chris Barton|2015-04-12T13:42:11-05:00April 12th, 2015|BookPeople, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith, diversity, Don Tate, Modern First Library, Texas Library Association, The Great Greene Heist, Varian Johnson, We Need Diverse Books|0 Comments

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The story behind Modern First Library

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By Chris Barton|2014-09-18T21:43:13-05:00September 18th, 2014|BookPeople, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith, diversity, Modern First Library, We Need Diverse Books|0 Comments

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Here’s to Be a Changemaker!

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By Chris Barton|2014-09-14T00:11:29-05:00September 16th, 2014|Bartography Express, Chris Barton, Laurie Ann Thompson, Modern First Library|1 Comment

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