From bestselling and award-winning author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen comes Extra Yarn, a Caldecott Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. A young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community in this stunning picture book. With spare, gently humorous illustrations and a palette that moves from black-and-white to a range of color, this modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.

Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

Children's Books

Barnett, Mac

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Balzer + Bray

From the award-winning, bestselling Mac Barnett and Renata Liwska comes a classic and luminous book perfect for fans of The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Waiting by Kevin Henkes.
With an elegant simplicity, this picture book celebrates all our wide-ranging emotions—and the adventures that await us each day.
We have so many places to be!
Places to be loud
and lovely
and scared
and jubilant.

Places to Be

Humor

From the acclaimed bestselling author of Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Mac Barnett, and award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli comes a new classic picture book that celebrates the tender and silly moments of our lives. 
I like you like a tree.
You’re funny like a fossil.
I love you like a pig.
Oink! Oink! Oink! 
The whimsical pairing of the text and art make for interactive read-aloud fun with little ones.

I Love You Like a Pig

Animals

A hilarious take on what a magic word really is from Mac Barnett, the award-winning, bestselling author of Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn, and Elise Parsley, the bestselling author/illustrator of If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! and If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!
When Paxton C. Heymeyer’s babysitter tells him to say the magic word, she could never have imagined that what would happen next would be a walrus chasing her, an elephant in the living room playing cards, and a full water park and moat in the front yard. And that’s just the beginning…

The Magic Word

Literature & Fiction

An exceptional picture book biography of Margaret Wise Brown, the legendary author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and other beloved children’s classics, that's as groundbreaking as the icon herself was—from award-winning, bestselling author Mac Barnett and acclaimed illustrator Sarah Jacoby.
What is important about Margaret Wise Brown?
In forty-two inspired pages, this biography artfully plays with form and language to vivdly bring to life one of greatest children’s book creators who ever lived: Margaret Wise Brown.
Illustrated with sumptuous art by rising star Sarah Jacoby, this is essential reading for book lovers of every age.

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

Biographies

New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popular The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza live cartoon into an action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series--perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney. Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world.&nbsp;Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe And will the First Cat in Space ever eat some pizza&nbsp;

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space, 1)

HarperAlley

"Ridiculously fun and brilliantly illustrated.” —Dav Pilkey, creator of Dog Man and Captain Underpants 
As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popular The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza live cartoon into an action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series—perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney. A Kids' Indie Next List Pick, an Indie Bestseller, and a Junior Library Guild Selection! 
Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! 
There’s only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon’s savior and Earth’s last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! 
Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world. Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time? Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe? And will the First Cat in Space ever eat some pizza?

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (The First Cat in Space, 2)

Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with the second volume in the bestselling The First Cat in Space graphic novel series! Secret tales of woe, hilarious new characters, and dangerous plans of sabotage will keep readers delighted and laughing until the thrilling climax. Perfect for fans of Dog Man and InvestiGators. 
The Moon Queen has been poisoned—by SOUP. 
With few she can trust in her own royal court, she and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them . . . But our once-heroic toenail clipping robot is on the run, looking for new purpose in this vast universe. 
Unbeknownst to our trio, secret forces are working against them. In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it’s too late? And who would want to poison her? Is Captain Babybeard, the adorable baby pirate, in this one? 
Praise for The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza 
“Ridicuously fun.” –Dav Pilkey, creator of Dog Man 
“Epic.” –Kirkus 
"Infectious." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) 
"Laugh-out-loud." — School Library Journal (starred review) 
* Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List Selection * As Seen on the TODAY Show * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year * New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An Indie Next List Selection *

The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip (The First Cat in Space, 3)

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Books by Barnett, Mac

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Extra Yarn: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

Places to Be

I Love You Like a Pig

The Magic Word

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space, 1)

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space, 1)

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (The First Cat in Space, 2)

The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (The First Cat in Space, 2)

The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip (The First Cat in Space, 3)