Mac Barnett facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Mac Barnett
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| Born | Castro Valley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Genre | Children's books |
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| macbarnett.com | |
Mac Barnett is a super creative American writer. He is famous for writing awesome children's books. He lives in Oakland, California. Mac grew up in Castro Valley, California and Oakland.
He went to Pomona College for his studies. There, he learned from the well-known writer David Foster Wallace.
Some of his most popular books have won big awards. For example, Extra Yarn won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 2012. It also won the E. B. White Read Aloud Award in 2013. This book was even recognized as a Caldecott Medal Honor Book! Another book, Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, also won a Caldecott Honor. It received the E.B. White Read Aloud Award in 2015. Both of these books were illustrated by Jon Klassen.
Mac Barnett also helps create TV shows. He worked with Jon Klassen on the Emmy-award winning show Shape Island. This animated series is on Apple TV+. It is based on their popular "Shapes" trilogy of picture books.
In 2011, Mac wrote something called the Picture Book Proclamation. This was like a special statement about picture books. Many other children's writers signed it too. In 2024, he even wrote a book for adults. It's called La Porta Segreta and is about children's books. It was published in Italian.
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Discover Mac Barnett's Books
Mac Barnett has written many different kinds of books. He writes novels, picture books, and even graphic novels. Here are some of his exciting series and stories.
Exciting Novel Series
Mac Barnett has created several fun mystery and adventure series.
The Brixton Brothers Mysteries
This series is full of detective adventures. It was published by Simon & Schuster.
- The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (2009)
- The Ghostwriter Secret (2010)
- It Happened on a Train (2011)
- Danger Goes Berserk (2013)
The Terrible Two Series
Mac Barnett wrote this series with Jory John. Kevin Cornell drew the pictures. These books are about two pranksters!
- The Terrible Two (2015)
- The Terrible Two Get Worse (2016)
- The Terrible Two Go Wild (2018)
- The Terrible Two's Last Laugh (2019)
Mac B., Kid Spy Adventures
This series follows a kid spy named Mac B. Mike Lowery illustrates these books.
- Mac B., Kid Spy: Mac Undercover (2018)
- Mac B., Kid Spy: The Impossible Crime (2018)
- Mac B., Kid Spy: Top-Secret Smackdown (2019)
- Mac B., Kid Spy: Mac Cracks the Code (2019)
- Mac B., Kid Spy: The Sound of Danger (2020)
- Mac B., Kid Spy: Mac Saves the World (2021)
Wonderful Picture Books
Mac Barnett is very well known for his picture books. Many different artists have illustrated them.
- Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem (2009)
- Guess Again! (2009)
- The Clock without a Face: a Gus Twintig mystery (2010)
- Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) (2010)
- Mustache! (2011)
- Extra Yarn (2012) – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Chloe and the Lion (2012)
- Oh No, Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or at Least My History Grade) (2012)
- Count the Monkeys (2012)
- Battle Bunny (2013) – Co-written with Jon Scieszka
- President Taft is Stuck in the Bath (2014) – Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
- Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (2014) – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Telephone (2014)
- Rules of the House (2015)
- The Skunk (2015)
- Leo: A Ghost Story
- How This Book Was Made (2016)
- The Magic Word
- Noisy Night
- Triangle – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Square – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Circle – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Places to Be
- I Love You Like a Pig
- The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- A Polar Bear in the Snow
- What Is Love? – Illustrated by Carson Ellis
- John's Turn
- The Great Zapfino
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Twenty Questions
- How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney – Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Awesome Graphic Novels
Mac Barnett has also written graphic novels, which are like comic books but longer.
- The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (2022)
- The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom (2023)
- The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip (2024)
Short Stories
He has also written short stories for collections.
- "Best of Friends" in Funny Business (2010)
Awards and Honors
Mac Barnett's books have won many important awards. These awards show how much people love his stories!
- 2013 Winner, E. B. White Read Aloud Award
- 2013 Honor, Caldecott Medal
- 2015 Winner, E.B. White Read Aloud Award
- 2015 Honor, Caldecott Medal
- 2015 Winner, Irma Black Award
- 2018 Winner, E.B. White Read Aloud Award
- 2020 Winner, Picture Book Category of the German Youth Literature Awards for his "Shapes" trilogy ("Triangle", "Square", and "Circle")
