Watch me read Shark vs. Train (with sound effects)!

Come for the train sounds, stay for the great, big […]

By Chris Barton|2021-10-14T06:26:22-05:00October 14th, 2021|Chris Barton, Little Brown, readaloud, Shark vs. Train, The DoSeum, Tom Lichtenheld|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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“Why do you have so many illustrators?”

Considering that I’ve worked with Ekua Holmes, Victo Ngai, Don […]

By Chris Barton|2019-01-10T12:19:32-05:00January 10th, 2019|Ashley Spires, author visits, Chris Barton, Don Tate, Ekua Holmes, Nicole Xu, questions from readers, school visits, Shanda McCloskey, Tom Lichtenheld, Troy Cummings, Victo Ngai|0 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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Don, Tom, and me

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By Chris Barton|2015-03-29T06:17:18-05:00April 1st, 2015|Austin SCBWI, Chris Barton, Conference, Don Tate, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, Tom Lichtenheld|0 Comments

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My conversation with Matthew Winner on the Let’s Get Busy! podcast

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By Chris Barton|2015-02-06T07:09:14-05:00February 6th, 2015|Chris Barton, Let's Get Busy, Matthew Winner, podcasts, Shark vs. Train, The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, Tom Lichtenheld|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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2015 Austin SCBWI Conference: You will win!

(What’s with the Shark Vs. Train reference in the post […]

By Chris Barton|2014-11-30T07:17:32-05:00November 30th, 2014|Austin SCBWI, Chris Barton, Conference, SCBWI, Shark vs. Train, Tom Lichtenheld|0 Comments

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Some things I learned from writing Shark Vs. Train and Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!

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By Chris Barton|2014-10-30T05:51:06-05:00October 30th, 2014|A Gamer's Alphabet, Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Joey Spiotto, Minecraft, parenting, Shark vs. Train, Tom Lichtenheld, video games|0 Comments

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