“A standoff between the reader and the characters”

(written […]

By Chris Barton|2020-07-18T07:10:15-05:00July 18th, 2020|Chris Barton, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Little Brown, Shanda McCloskey, Shark vs. Train, Tara Lazar|0 Comments

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Updated Resources for At-Home Learning with My Books

Hello, all you students, parents, and educators now doing your […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-31T10:09:00-05:00March 31st, 2020|88 Instruments, All of a Sudden and Forever, at-home learning, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dazzle Ships, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Mighty Truck, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Day-Glo Brothers, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Resources for At-Home Learning with My Books

My […]

By Chris Barton|2020-03-25T15:46:39-05:00March 25th, 2020|88 Instruments, All of a Sudden and Forever, at-home learning, Bartography Express, Book or Bell, Chris Barton, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dazzle Ships, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Jennifer Ziegler, Mighty Truck, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The Day-Glo Brothers, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Introducing Fire Truck vs. Dragon

I’d […]

By Chris Barton|2020-01-03T11:32:55-05:00August 5th, 2019|Chris Barton, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Little Brown, Shanda McCloskey, Shark vs. Train|0 Comments

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My first-ever New York State school-visit trip

I did my first New York State school visits last […]

By Chris Barton|2019-03-15T11:18:11-05:00March 15th, 2019|88 Instruments, author visits, Chris Barton, school visits, Shark vs. Train, The Day-Glo Brothers, The Nutcracker Comes to America, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

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Thank you (again!), Pennsylvania school librarians

Earlier […]

By Chris Barton|2019-02-27T07:27:44-05:00February 27th, 2019|Charlesbridge, Chris Barton, Dazzle Ships, Don Tate, Lerner, Little Brown, Millbrook, Pennsylvania School Libraries Association, Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards, Shark vs. Train, The Day-Glo Brothers, Tom Lichtenheld, Tony Persiani, Victo Ngai, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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When boxes of bookmarks arrive, it must be school-visit season again

Lo and behold, look what showed up on Friday:

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By Chris Barton|2018-09-04T05:55:20-05:00September 4th, 2018|author visits, Brewster Triplets, Chris Barton, Dazzle Ships, Jennifer Ziegler, Revenge of the Angels, Revenge of the Flower Girls, Revenge of the Happy Campers, Revenge of the Teacher's Pets, school visits, Shark vs. Train, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That, Whoosh!|0 Comments

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Coming in spring 2020: Fire Truck Vs. Dragon

There’s a newly published illustrator that you’re going to be […]

By Chris Barton|2019-09-29T06:31:22-05:00July 18th, 2018|Chris Barton, Doll-E 1.0, Fire Truck vs. Dragon, Little Brown, Publishers Weekly, Shanda McCloskey, Shark vs. Train, T-Bone the Drone|2 Comments

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La mejor noticia I’ve had all week

Monday […]

By Chris Barton|2017-01-26T07:10:19-05:00January 26th, 2017|Chris Barton, school visits, Shark vs. Train, Spanish|0 Comments

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Happy anniversary, JRL and SVT!

This is a slide I show in my presentations to […]

By Chris Barton|2016-10-12T06:49:05-05:00October 12th, 2016|Chris Barton, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch|0 Comments

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