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Chris Barton

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I'm the author of picture books including WE MATCH! (2025), 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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We Match! is a finalist for the Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards

I'm happy to share the news that my most recent book, We Match! (illustrated by Sharon Glick and published last year by Astra Young Readers), has been named a finalist for the 2025 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards. The winners in all five categories -- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Middle Grade/Young Adult, and Picture Book [...]

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Betsy Hey, no problemo. I'm saving it to post on the next Non-Fiction Monday. Then it will be front and center on my blog. Great book. I'm going to try to push it other places as well. Speaking of which, I should do a Siebert prediction on my blog for kicks . . .


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