BOOKS
Bethany Barton is an award-winning author and illustrator of STEAM children's books, having worked with Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Candlewick Press.
Her books have won the Children’s Choice Award, been named an Amazon Best Book of the Year, and been featured in the New York Times.
She is represented by the ever-dapper Stephen Barr at Writers House.
I’M TRYING TO LOVE GERMS * STARRED REVIEW - School Library Journal
I’M TRYING TO LOVE GARBAGE * NOMINEE - North Carolina Children’s Book Award * Junior Library Guild Selection * Featured in Scholastic Catalog *
I’M TRYING TO LOVE ROCKS * STARRED REVIEW- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW - School Library Journal NOMINEE - Surrey Schools Narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year *NOMINEE - Missouri Dogwood Nonfiction Book Award * Junior Library Guild Selection * Featured in Scholastic Catalog *Featured on ABC Network’s Abbott Elementary
I’M TRYING TO LOVE MATH * Named an Amazon Best Nonfiction Children’s Book of 2019 NOMINEE -Magnolia Book Awards (Mississippi Children’s Museum) * Junior Library Guild Selection * Featured in Scholastic Catalog *
GIVE BEES A CHANCE * Featured in The New York Times * FINALIST - SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association) 2017 Book Award * LISTED - Scripps National Spelling Bee “Great Words, Great Works” NOMINEE - Beehive Book Award (Children’s Literature Association of Utah) 2019 * Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award 3rd-5th Grade * Junior Library Guild Selection * Featured In Scholastic Catalog* Featured on ABC Network’s Black-ish
I’M TRYING TO LOVE SPIDERS * WINNER - 2016 Children’s Choice Award - 3rd/4th Grade Book of the Year * Starred Review - Kirkus Reviews * Starred Review - Publishers Weekly * WINNER - Beehive Book Award (Children’s Literature Association of Utah) * WINNER - Black-Eyed Susan Picture Book Award (Maryland Association of School Librarians) * NOMINEE - Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award (Grades K-3) * NOMINEE - South Carolina Picture Book Award 2017-2018 * NOMINEE - Charter Oak Children’s Book Award 2016-2017 * NOMINEE - 2017 Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award * NOMINEE - North Carolina Children’s Book Award 2017-2018 * NOMINEE - Show Me Readers Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians) 2017-2018 * NOMINEE - 2018 Monarch Award (Illinois School Library Media Association) * NOMINEE - Garden State Book Award 2018 * Junior Library Guild Selection * Featured in Scholastic Catalog *
