by T. A. Barron | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, For Educators, For Nature Lovers, For Young Heroes, On Nature & the Environment
Congratulations to 2022’s Barron Prize Winners Each year, the Barron Prize awards outstanding young people whose actions serve as an inspirational example of the power we all have to make a difference in the world. Over the past two decades, the Barron Prize has...
by T. A. Barron | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog, For Educators, For Young Heroes
Dream Chasers: 5 Things Done By People Who Achieve Their Dreams I’ve always loved a good story. Growing up in Colorado, I always dreamed of becoming a writer. To live in a mountain cabin, writing books. I dreamed up stories and poems, sometimes to avoid doing...
by T. A. Barron | Aug 17, 2022 | For Educators, For Young Heroes
Equality in Education: How to Empower Young People I have always been a firm believer in the idea that young people are capable of great things. Since 2000, when I launched the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, I have had the unique honor of seeing firsthand the...
by T. A. Barron | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog, For Nature Lovers, For Young Heroes, On Nature & the Environment
A Magical World Nature and the environment are hugely important as inspiration to me. Not just in my writing, but also within my own personal life. While doing book events in Marin County, California (home of the wondrous Muir Woods), my host commented on the...
by T. A. Barron | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog, For Young Heroes, On Reading, Quests
The Importance of Literacy (Plus a New Quest for Young Heroes!) I may be a little biased, but I believe that storytelling is one of the single most consequential talents we humans have — something unique that sets us apart from all the other creatures of this world,...
by T. A. Barron | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, For Young Heroes
The Art of Kindness There is magic in kindness. Not rabbit-out-of-a-hat magic, but the true life-changing stuff of miracles. Genuine, heartfelt kindness creates a type of magic that is never-ending — a kind that multiplies with every person it touches. I’ve come to...
