The return of Whoosh! and Shark vs. Train What, […] By Chris Barton|2023-01-04T08:15:02-05:00January 4th, 2023|Arts Respond Performance Support, author visits, Chris Barton, grants, revision, school visits, Shark vs. Train, STEAM, STEM, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas school visits, Texas Touring Roster, The Ozzie Bros. Meet the Monsters, Whoosh!|0 Comments Read More
Live and in person with Alton Yates, the subject of Moving Forward My author-visit […] By Chris Barton|2023-01-02T12:50:10-05:00December 13th, 2022|Alton Yates, author visits, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, civil rights, First Coast News, Florida Association for Media in Education, Florida school visits, Jacksonville Public Library, Moving Forward, NAACP Youth Council, School Library Journal, school visits, Simon & Schuster, Steffi Walthall, WJCT, WJXT|0 Comments Read More
February 1 application deadline for Texas grants for my spring 2023 author visits As […] By Chris Barton|2022-11-01T13:41:23-05:00November 1st, 2022|Arts Respond Performance Support, author visits, Chris Barton, grants, school visits, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas school visits, Texas Touring Roster|0 Comments Read More
Download How to Make a Book (About My Dog) coloring sheet — and win 1 of 4 signed copies of the book! Lerner Publishing […] By Chris Barton|2022-10-09T14:09:59-05:00October 9th, 2022|author visits, Bartography Express, Chris Barton, giveaway, How to Make a Book (About My Dog), Lerner, Millbrook, Sarah Horne, school visits|7 Comments Read More
My first school visit of the new year — and my first-ever in Europe! Last Monday […] By Chris Barton|2022-09-06T14:36:50-05:00September 6th, 2022|Alton Yates, American School of The Hague, author visits, Chris Barton, Jennifer Ziegler, Moving Forward, school visits|0 Comments Read More
November 1 application deadline for Texas grants for my winter 2022-23 author visits As […] By Chris Barton|2022-07-31T11:35:05-05:00July 31st, 2022|Arts Respond Performance Support, author visits, Chris Barton, grants, school visits, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas school visits, Texas Touring Roster|0 Comments Read More
I love my boots, but I love democracy even more At the very beginning of my presentations to student […] By Chris Barton|2022-06-29T06:53:54-05:00June 29th, 2022|author visits, library visits, school visits, Texas school visits, VOTE, voting rights|0 Comments Read More
My Soapbox column in Publishers Weekly: “Showing Up and Moving Forward” I wrote something this spring — began writing it for […] By Chris Barton|2022-05-08T06:20:57-05:00May 8th, 2022|Alton Yates, Austin Public Library, author visits, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, civil rights, diversity, freedom to read, library, Moving Forward, nonfiction, public education, public libraries, Publishers Weekly, school libraries, school visits, Simon & Schuster, Soapbox, Steffi Walthall, Texas school visits|0 Comments Read More
“We had one student tell us it was like she went on a field trip.” The above […] By Chris Barton|2022-04-12T16:18:41-05:00April 12th, 2022|author visits, Chris Barton, library visits, Moving Forward, school visits|0 Comments Read More
August 1 application deadline for Texas grants for my fall 2022 author visits As […] By Chris Barton|2022-06-20T17:42:21-05:00February 14th, 2022|Arts Respond Performance Support, author visits, Chris Barton, grants, school visits, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Touring Roster|0 Comments Read More