Books with author Baron Byron

Children explore the many ways we use airplanes, from seaplanes to crop dusters to planes that write messages in the sky. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about transportation by plane.Kirkus Reviews says Byron Barton's Planes "will delight the youngest, and have enough meat for older preschoolers and beginning readers."Supports the Common Core State Standards

The award-winning My Car is a multi-concept preschool masterpiece, and this 8x8 paperback edition will provide hours of fun. With prose as clean as Sam’s shiny engine, Byron Barton deftly explores such ideas as transportation, signs and signals, night and day, and occupations.Bright, graphic artwork invites readers to count, to name colors and shapes, and to follow Sam and his car as they drive through a bustling world, from Sam’s home in the country to his job in the city. Named to numerous “best of the year” lists, My Car features vehicles, signs and signals, and a surprise ending.

Blast-off! Up into the shy goes the space shuttle. Into orbit, the astronauts get a taste of ready-to-eat food, experience zero gravity, go for space walks, and even fix a satellite. It's fun to fly aboard the shuttle...and then come back to earth.Blast off into outer space with Byron Barton! Sleep in zero gravity, put on a space suit, help fix a satellite, and then come back to Earth. With lyrical text and glowing illustrations, this very satisfying story is sure to spark the imaginations of astronauts-to-be.