Mac Barnett
Mac Barnett is a New York Times-bestselling American children's book author known for over 70 works including picture books like Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, both Caldecott Honor books, as well as the Mac B., Kid Spy series and the Shapes Trilogy. He graduated from Pomona College, studying under David Foster Wallace, lives in Oakland, California, and co-created the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series Shape Island with Jon Klassen. Currently serving as the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2025-2026), he advocates for the power of picture books.
Children's Literature
Picture Books
The Terrible Two Go Wild
The Terrible Two Go Wild
The Terrible Two Go Wild
How This Book Was Made
Extra Yarn
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
Terrible Two, the
Guys Read: Best of Friends: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
Extra Yarn
The Ghostwriter Secret: Brixton Brothers, Book 2
The Terrible Two
It Happened on a Trai
The Case Of The Case Of Mistaken Identity: The Brixton Brothers, Book 1
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
Extra Yarn
Extra Yarn
The Skunk
The Terrible Two
Noisy Night
Telephone
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
The Ghostwriter Secret (Brixton Brothers)
Count the Monkeys
John's Turn