Bethany Barton is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books. Her 2015 book I’m Trying To Love Spiders (Viking/Penguin) garnered numerous awards and starred reviews, including the 2016 Children’s Choice Award 3rd/4th Grade Book of The Year. Her 2017 book Give Bees A Chance (Viking/Penguin) was a 2017 SCIBA Award finalist, was listed in Scripps National Spelling Bee “Great Words, Great Works,” and was featured in the New York Times. Her books have been translated into 4 languages. Her newest book, I'm Trying to Love Math, was named an Amazon Best Book of 2019 Her newest in the series, I’m Trying To Love Rocks (Viking/Penguin), will hit stores in June of 2020. As well as illustrating her own stories, Barton has illustrated for other authors, including Todd Hasak-Lowy’s middle grade novel 33 Minutes (Simon & Schuster.) She often spends several weeks of the year touring; doing school visits, speaking to authors and educators, and sharing her stories and creativity with young readers at schools and libraries across the globe.Bethany Barton also has a busy career in the art, prop, and set decoration departments for film & TV. Notable projects include ABC Network's The Muppets, The Middle, Westworld and `black-ish, as well as movies like Bumblebee, and dozens of commercials. She is represented by Writers House LLC.