https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/bradenton-fl/byron-barton-11317824
(tiny notice from Bradenton, Florida)

What I posted in 2020:

Not to be confused with a 30ish novelist.

There are many read-alouds of his books on YouTube.

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=vi&biw=800&bih=382&q=%22byron%20barton%22&tbs=isch:1
(book covers)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/byron-barton/
(Kirkus reviews)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36008.Byron_Barton
(reader reviews)

About one of his more acclaimed books, Where's Al?:
"Describes the individual adventures of a boy and his pet dog from the
time they are separated in the busy city until they find each other
again."

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/61802-q-a-with-byron-barton.html
(Q&A from 2014)

https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=a-signature-style-picture-book-author-byron-barton-on-developing-his-craft-up-close
(another Q&A 2014 interview)

From "Contemporary Authors":

Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Barton's home was often his
playground because of his father's job--he sold coal and wood during
the winter and ice during the summer. "To a small boy, our home with
its woodpiles, barns, and attics, made an ideal playground," Barton
once stated. However, all this would be left behind the year Barton
entered the fourth grade, when the family of seven moved to Los
Angeles, California. It was in this new state that Barton's interest
in drawing and art began, mostly because of the different teaching
methods used in his new school. "In class, when subjects I had already
learned came up, I was allowed to go to the back of the room to play
with paints," Barton explained. "I remember making large paintings of
Indians in their canoes, alongside their tepees, and hunting animals.
My pictures were hanging all over the back walls of the class and
cloakroom. I became known as 'the artist.'"

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
FOR CHILDREN; SELF-ILLUSTRATED

* Elephant, Seabury Press (New York, NY), 1971.

* Where's Al?, Seabury Press (New York, NY), 1972.

* Applebet Story, Viking (New York, NY), 1973.

* Buzz Buzz Buzz, Puffin (New York, NY), 1973.

* Harry Is a Scaredy-Cat, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1974.

* Jack and Fred, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1974.

* Hester, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1975.

* Wheels, Crowell (New York, NY), 1979.

* Building a House, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1981, published as
Building a House: Big Book and Building a House: Small Book, Hampton-
Brown, 1992.

* Airport, Crowell (New York, NY), 1982.

* Airplanes, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986.

* Boats, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986, published as Boats Board
Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

* Trains, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986, published as Trains Board
Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

* Trucks, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986, published as Trucks Board
Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

* Machines at Work, Crowell (New York, NY), 1987, published as
Machines at Work Board Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997.

* I Want to Be an Astronaut, Crowell (New York, NY), 1988,
published as I Want to Be an Astronaut Board Book, HarperCollins,
1997.

* Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Crowell (New York, NY), 1989, published as
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs Board Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994.

* Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones, Crowell (New York, NY), 1990.

* (Reteller) The Three Bears, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1991,
published as Three Bears Big Book, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994.

* (Reteller) The Little Red Hen, HarperCollins (New York, NY),
1993, published as Little Red Hen Big Book, HarperCollins (New York,
NY), 1994.

* Planes, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994, published as Planes
Board Book, HarperCollins, 1998.

* The Wee Little Woman, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.

* Big Machines, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.

* Dinosaurs, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.

* Tools, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.

* Zoo Animals, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.

* Trucks and Trains, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

* My Car, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2001.

ILLUSTRATOR

* Constance C. Greene, A Girl Called Al, Viking (New York, NY),
1969.

* Alan Venable, The Checker Players, Lippincott (Philadelphia,
PA), 1973.

* Seymour Simon, The Paper Airplane Book, Viking (New York, NY),
1973.

* Franklyn Branley, How Little and How Much: A Book about Scales,
Crowell (New York, NY), 1976.

* Robert Froman, Angles Are Easy as Pie, HarperCollins (New York,
NY), 1976.

* Paula D. Schwartz, You Can Cook, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1976.

* Rosamond Dauer, Bullfrog Builds a House, Greenwillow (New York,
NY), 1977.

* David A. Adler, Roman Numerals, Crowell (New York, NY), 1977.

* Jack Prelutsky, Snopp on the Sidewalk, and Other Poems,
Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1977.

* Russell Hoban, Arthur's New Power, HarperCollins (New York, NY),
1978.

* Jan Wahl, Drakestail, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1978.

* Melvin and Gilda Berger, The New Food Book, HarperCollins (New
York, NY), 1978.

* Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport,
Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1980.

* Mirra Ginsburg, Good Morning, Chick, Greenwillow (New York, NY),
1980.

* Rosamond Dauer, Bullfrog Gertrude Camp, HarperCollins (New York,
NY), 1980.

* Robert Kalan, Jump, Frog, Jump!, Greenwillow (New York, NY),
1981.

* David A. Adler, My Dog and the Key Mystery, F. Watts (New York,
NY), 1982.

* Charlotte Pomerantz, Where's the Bear?, Greenwillow (New York,
NY), 1984.

* Diane Siebert, Truck Song, Crowell (New York, NY), 1984.

* Constance C. Greene, Al's Blind Date, Puffin (New York, NY),
1991.

* Constance C. Greene, Ask Anybody, Puffin (New York, NY), 1991.

* Charlotte Pomerantz, The Tamarindo Puppy, Greenwillow (New York,
NY), 1993.

* Sarah Weeks, Little Factory, HarperCollins/Laura Geringer (New
York, NY), 1998.