Bart King (author)

From Portland, Oregon, Bart King is an American author of adult and children's non-fiction, specifically guidebooks. He is also a middle school teacher and public speaker. ^[1] At PSU, his one non-fiction book for adults, An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, is required reading for a course covering the history and current affairs of the city.^[2]

Works

• An Architectural Guidebook to Portland (2001)
• The Big Book of Boy Stuff (2004)
• The Big Book of Girl Stuff (2006)
• The Pocket Guide to Mischief (2008)
• The Pocket Guide to Games (2008)
• The Pocket Guide to Brilliance (2009)
• The Pocket Guide to Boy Stuff (2009)
• The Pocket Guide to Girl Stuff (2009)
• The Pocket Guide to Magic (2009)
• The Big Book of Gross Stuff (2010)
• Bart's King-Sized Book of Fun (2010)
• The Big Book of Spy Stuff (2011)

Awards

In 2004, King's The Big Book of Boy Stuff won ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year gold medal award for best young adult book.^[3] The following year the book won the Independent Publisher Award in the Children's Interactive category.^[4] Two years later, in 2007, The Big Book of Boy Stuff won the New York Book Festival's award in the teenage category.^[5]

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