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Chris Barton

Goodreads Author

Born

Sulphur Springs, Texas, The United States

Website

https://www.chrisbarton.info

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Bartography

Genre

Children's, Nonfiction, Humor and Comedy

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June 2009

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I'm the author of picture books including bestseller SHARK VS. TRAIN, Sibert Honor-winning THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, and WHOOSH! LONNIE JOHNSON'S SUPER-SOAKING STREAM OF INVENTIONS, which has been celebrated on 21 state reading lists.

Other well-known titles of mine include 88 INSTRUMENTS, HOW TO MAKE A BOOK (ABOUT MY DOG), FIRE TRUCK VS. DRAGON, DAZZLE SHIPS, THE AMAZING AGE OF JOHN ROY LYNCH, and WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A VOICE LIKE THAT?

My newest books include GLITTER EVERYWHERE! WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHERE IT'S FOUND & WHERE IT'S GOING (one of National Public Radio's "Books We Love" for 2023) and MOVING FORWARD: FROM SPACE-AGE RIDES TO CIVIL RIGHTS SIT-INS WITH AIRMAN ALTON YATES (a School Library Journal Best Book of 2022).

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This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 60 & giveaway: Tonight the Streets Are Ours, by Leila Sales

Welcome to the 60th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Leila Sales about the dedication she wrote for her YA novel Tonight the Streets Are Ours (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2015). Tonight the Streets Are Ours is just one [...]

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	Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Tom Lichtenheld (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 6,142 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Don Tate (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.24 avg rating — 2,162 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Tony Persiani (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 1,708 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Victo Ngai (illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 998 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Don Tate (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	88 Instruments by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Louis Thomas (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glitter Everywhere! by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Chaaya Prabhat (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Truck vs. Dragon by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Shanda McCloskey (Illustrator) 3.56 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing after the Oklahoma City Bombing by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Nicole Xu (Contributor) 4.19 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chris Barton wrote a new blog post This One’s Dedicated to… Episode 60 & giveaway: Tonight the Streets Are Ours, by Leila Sales Welcome to the 60th episode of This One's Dedicated to..., in which Jennifer Ziegler and I share our quick conversation with author Leila Sales about Read more of this blog post »
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Chris Barton liked Claire Wrobel's review of Glitter Everywhere!: "Love the history and science in this book. Also love glitter in general. I'd never read a book specifically about glitter before! Now I want to find more books about glitter."
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