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Chris Barton

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Born

Sulphur Springs, Texas, The United States

Website

https://www.chrisbarton.info

Genre

Children's, Nonfiction, Humor and Comedy

Member Since

June 2009

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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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Chris Barton's Blog: Bartography

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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	Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Tom Lichtenheld (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 6,139 ratings — published 2010 — 13 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 — 2,266 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) 3.95 avg rating — 1,712 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 — 1,033 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	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 — 834 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 — 798 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 — 533 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Glitter Everywhere! by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author), Chaaya Prabhat (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 407 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) 3.54 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	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 — 280 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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Jun 10, 2009 06:39AM

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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