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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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Getting set to talk We Match! and math at NCTE 2025

What kind of weirdo would create Venn diagrams for the characters in his own book? Not as part of the writing process (which would be weird enough, but maybe understandable) — after the book is already finished and out in the world, just for fun. (Honestly, I think stopping at two Venn diagrams for this [...]

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Published on October 18, 2025 07:37
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message 1: by Betsy

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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