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    Meet the Author: Chris Barton

    Meet the Author: Chris Barton

    Presented by Austin Public Library

    June 10, 2010

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    Meet the Author, Chris Barton, for a discussion followed by a book signing. Barton is the author of the children’s books Shark vs Train and The Day Glo Brothers. The event is brought to you by the Austin Public Library and the Writer’s League of Texas. It is free and open to the public.

    About the Author

    Chris Barton is the author of the American Library Association Sibert Honor-winning THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS (Charlesbridge, 2009; illustrated by Tony Persiani), the biography of the inventors of those daylight-fluorescent oranges, yellows, and greens you see every day. It was named one of the best children's books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and The Washington Post.



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        Ruiz Branch

        1600 Grove Blvd.
        Austin, TX

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        June 10, 2010

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         2:00 p.m.

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