Bethany Barton

Bethany Barton is an author and illustrator of children's books.[1][2][3]

Bethany Barton
Author/Illustrator Bethany Barton in Los Angeles
Author/Illustrator Bethany Barton in Los Angeles
Born1982
Chicago, Illinois
Pen namebethany bARTon
OccupationAuthor, illustrator, artist
Period2006-present
GenreChildren's picture books
SpouseMichael Barton
Website
www.bethanybarton.com

Barton's 2015 book I’m Trying To Love Spiders (Viking/Penguin) garnered numerous awards and starred reviews, including the 2016 Children's Choice Award 3rd/4th Grade Book of The Year.[4][5][6] Her 2017 book Give Bees A Chance (Viking/Penguin) was a 2017 SCIBA Award finalist,[7] was listed in Scripps National Spelling Bee “Great Words, Great Works,”[8] and was featured in the New York Times.[9] Her books have been translated into four languages.[10] Her 2019 book, I'm Trying to Love Math, was named an Amazon Best Book of 2019 [11] and I'm Trying To Love Rocks (Viking/Penguin), hit stores in June 2020 with starred reviews[12][13] [14]I'm Trying To Love Germs (Viking/Penguin) will be published in November of 2023 with School Library Journal calling it "a first purchase for any collection" in a starred review.[15]

As well as illustrating her own stories, Barton has illustrated for other authors, including Todd Hasak-Lowy's middle grade novel 33 Minutes (Simon & Schuster).[16] She often spends several weeks of the year touring; doing school visits, speaking to authors and educators, and sharing her stories and creativity with young readers at schools and libraries across the globe.[17][18][19]

Bethany Barton on The Muppets set in 2015

Bethany Barton also has a busy career in the art, prop, and set decoration departments for film & TV. Notable projects include ABC Network's The Muppets, The Middle, Westworld, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Muppets Mayhem and `black-ish, as well as movies like Bumblebee, and dozens of commercials. [20][21] She is represented by Writers House LLC.[22]

In 2023, Bethany became a co-founder of the non-profit DopaMind, an organization created to "help young people navigate tech in the digital age."[23]

Books
  • I'm Trying To Love Germs, 2023, Viking/Penguin[24]
  • I'm Trying To Love Garbage, 2021, Viking/Penguin[25]
  • I'm Trying To Love Rocks, 2020, Viking/Penguin[26]
  • I'm Trying To Love Math, 2019, Viking/Penguin [27]
  • Give Bees A Chance, 2017, Viking/Penguin[28]
  • I'm Trying To Love Spiders, 2015, Viking/Penguin[29]
  • 33 Minutes, 2013, by Todd Hasak-Lowy, illust. Bethany Barton, ISBN 1442445009[30][31]
  • This Monster Needs A Haircut, 2012, Dial Books For Young Readers (Penguin), ISBN 0803737335[32]
  • This Monster Cannot Wait, 2013, Dial Books For Young Readers (Penguin), ISBN 0803737793[33][34]

Awards
  • 2016 Children's Choice Awards 3rd/4th Grade Book of the Year [35]
  • 2017 Beehive Book Award (Children's Literature Association of Utah)[36]
  • 2016-2017 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland Association of School Librarians)[37]
  • 2017 Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Kentucky Association of School Librarians) [38]
  • 2018 Surrey Schools Narrative Non-Fiction Book of The Year (British Columbia) [39]
  • Amazon Best Book of 2020 [40]
  • 2022 Oregon State Literacy Association’s Patricia Gallagher Children’s Choice Book Award[41]

Nominations
  • 2017 SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association) Book Award Finalist[42]
  • 2017-2018 South Carolina Picture Book Award [43]
  • 2016-2017 Charter Oak Children's Book Award [44]
  • 2017 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award[45]
  • 2017-2018 North Carolina Children's Book Award [46]
  • 2017-2018 Show Me Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians)[47]
  • 2018 Monarch Award (Illinois School Library Media Association) [48]
  • 2018 Garden State Book Award [49]
  • 2019 Beehive Book Award (Children's Literature Association of Utah) [50]
  • 2021 Beehive Informational Book Awards (Children's Literature Association of Utah)[51]
  • 2022 Magnolia Book Award (Mississippi Children's Museum) [52]
  • 2023 North Carolina Children's Book Award[53]

References
  1. "I’m Trying to Love Spiders ". Publishers Weekly
  2. "Bethany Barton". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  3. "Books For Kids". Columbus Parent February 2016 edition
  4. "I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton (review)". Jeannette Hulick Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Volume 69, Number 2, October 2015 pp. 76-77
  5. Yost, Scott D. (2020-10-02). "$7 Million Partnership To Address Unmet Health Needs". The Rhino Times of Greensboro. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  6. "2016 Winners and Finalists – Children's Book Council". Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  7. "Book Awards FINALISTS - Southern California Independent Booksellers Association". www.scibabooks.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  8. "Scripps National Spelling Bee". spellingbee.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  9. La Ferla, Ruth (2017-06-30). "Children's Primers Court the Littlest Radicals". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  10. "bethany bARTon on Instagram: "Look what came in the mail! Two of my books are now in Chinese! Level Up! Achievement Unlocked! Somebody pinch me! . . . . #kidlit…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  11. "I'm Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  12. "I'm Trying to Love Rocks by Bethany Barton: 9780451480958 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books".
  13. I'M TRYING TO LOVE ROCKS | Kirkus Reviews.
  14. Bethany, Barton. "I'm Trying To Love Rocks". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  15. Bethany, Barton. "I'm Trying to Love Germs". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  16. Hasak-Lowy, Todd (2017-04-18). 33 Minutes. ISBN 9781481489959.
  17. "California: Los Angeles County | L.A. Writers Day 2018". Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  18. "Elementary School Library - Concordia International School Shanghai Jinqiao, China". www.concordiashanghai.org. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  19. Camp Read Smore, Artist/Author/Illustrator Bethany Barton caught us in her web!, retrieved 2019-01-31
  20. "Young writers honored at recognition event" Riverside Department of Education May 16, 2013
  21. "Bethany Barton". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  22. "Bethany Barton « Writers House LLC". www.writershouseart.com. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  23. "DopaMind". DopaMind. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  24. "I'm Trying to Love Germs by Bethany Barton: 9780593326725 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  25. "I'm Trying to Love Garbage by Bethany Barton: 9780593207031 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  26. "I'm Trying to Love Rocks by Bethany Barton: 9780451480958 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books".
  27. "I'm Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  28. "Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  29. I'M TRYING TO LOVE SPIDERS | Kirkus Reviews.
  30. "33 Minutes by Todd Hasak-Lowy". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  31. " 33 Minutes When a friendship falls apart". BookPage review by Jennifer Kitchel
  32. "This Monster Needs a Haircut by Bethany Barton". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  33. Roger Sutton; Daryl Grabarek (26 September 2014). The Common Core in Grades K-3: Top Nonfiction Titles from School Library Journal and The Horn Book Magazine. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-1-4422-4406-1.
  34. "MBR: Children's Bookwatch, July 2013". www.midwestbookreview.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  35. "2016 Winners and Finalists – Children's Book Council". Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  36. "2017 Winners". Utah Beehive Book Awards. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  37. "Past Winners | Maryland Association of School Librarians". Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  38. "KBA Winner's Circle". Kentucky Association of School Librarians. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  39. "Surrey Schools' Narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  40. "Best nonfiction children's books of 2020". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  41. "oregonread.org - Patricia Gallagher Awards". www.oregonread.org. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  42. "Book Awards FINALISTS - Southern California Independent Booksellers Association". www.scibabooks.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  43. Bethany, barton. "2017-2018 South Carolina Book Award Nominees" (PDF).
  44. "cocba | Past Nominees". cocba. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  45. "2017 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominees" (PDF).
  46. "North Carolina Children's Book Award: 2017 Results and Materials". North Carolina Children's Book Award. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  47. "2017-2017 Show Me Award Nominees" (PDF).
  48. "2018 Monarch Award Master List" (PDF).
  49. "Garden State Children's Book Awards". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  50. "2019 Nominees". Utah Beehive Book Awards. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  51. Barton, Bethany. "2021 Beehive Book Awards Informational Book Nominees" (PDF).
  52. Barton, Bethany. "Magnolia Book Awards Nominee List 2023" (PDF).
  53. "North Carolina Children's Book Award". nccba.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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