Award-winning Austin Children’s Author Chris Barton shared lunch with Carver Elementary students December 9; his last day of a district tour of all our elementary schools. Pictured are 1st-graders Jillian, Alexa and Logan; they won the honor with their projects and letters based on their favorite Barton book. Mr. Barton read some of his stories and talked about upcoming projects. “I like being able to de-mystify what I do for the kids. Letting them know that being a writer is attainable. I’m a father and a son and a writer and a cook and a lot of things. So hopefully they can see that what I do is something they can do, or at least find something that they love to do and realize they can achieve that goal just like I did.” As a full-time writer, Mr. Barton is sure to give us more exciting stories soon. www.ChrisBarton.info.
