BOB BARTON

After a career in teaching and with the Ontario Ministry of Education, Bob Barton became a professional storyteller. He is a founding member of the Storytellers School of Toronto and performs in Canada, The United States, Great Britain and Australia. He has won several awards for his efforts in promoting literacy.

Books

The Bear Says North
Groundwood Books, 2003

• Nominated for Silver Birch Award - Non-fiction
  Ontario Library Association, 2004-2005

Paul Gallico's The Small Miracle
Henry Holt and Company and Tundra, 2003

Telling Stories Your Way
Pembroke, Canada, 2000

Story Works (co-author)
Pembroke, Canada 2000

Mother Goose Goes to School (co-author)
Pembroke, Canada 1995

The Best and Dearest Chick of All
Red Deer College Press, Canada 1994

The Storm Wife
Quarry Press, Canada 1993

Stories to Tell
Pembroke, Canada 1992

The Reindeer Herder and the Moon
BBC/Longman, UK 1991

Stories In The Classroom
Pembroke, Canada 1990

Tell Me Another
Pembroke, Canada 1986

Stories

Treasures of Another Kind - in Out Loud,
Harcourt Brace, Canada 1996

The Mysterious Singing Drum - in Next Teller,
Ragweed, Canada 1995

Awards

• July 2000 - The first recipient of The National Symposium on Arts Education Award for innovation and advocacy in Arts Education in Canada.