#mac barnett

[herunseenworlds]

1st quarter readings:

Futuristic violence and fancy suits by Jason Pargin - Insane ideas, interesting characters, violence and funny.

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - A sci-fi classic that is not my favorite.

The first cate in space ate pizza by Mac Barnett - Short and fun reading for a rainy afternoon.

Parable of the sower by Octavia Butler - An eerie fiction too close to reality. Everyone must read!

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - Great flow, lovely character, just a bit too naive ending.

Wool by Hugh Howey - Loved every single chapter of this book.

Starter villain by John Scalzi - Cats that can communicate with humans, interesting twists and funny scenes.

The dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin - A bit slow, but then it hooks you and when you understand the title your brain explodes.

Merlin’s tour of the universe by Neil deGrasse Tyson - I like the idea of questions and answers but the selection could be better.

Have you read any of these?

[sstri]

Niles in the First Cat in Space artstyle because they share an author

Reference

[dinonfissatoaffetto]

Oh, quanto amiamo i bambini. Ma non li rispettiamo davvero. Tendiamo a pensare che abbiano menti meno sofisticate, capaci di emozioni intense, ma semplici. Di sicuro crediamo che i bambini non possano essere intelligenti e complessi quanto noi adulti. Diciamocelo, quali spe- ranze possono avere di capire la narrativa letteraria se molti di loro non sono neanche capaci di allacciarsi le scarpe?

E se invece avessimo sbagliato tutto?

Se i bambini fossero il pubblico perfetto per l'arte? Se fossero i lettori ideali per la narrativa letteraria? Se in realtà fossero equipaggiati meglio degli adulti per farsi coinvolgere profondamente dalle storie?

Se lo scopo di un'educazione artistica non fosse solo quello di accumulare nuove capacità, ma anche quello di risvegliare sensibilità a lungo sopite? Se la capacità di apprezzare l'arte fosse, non dico innata, ma attiva molto presto durante l'infanzia?

Be', allora dovremmo fare del nostro meglio per produrre degli ottimi libri per bambini.

- Mac Barnett

[no-context-picture-books]

From "The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse" by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

[roesolo]

Books for your Christmas storytime

Books for your Christmas storytime @blue_slip_media @kanemillerbooks @randomhousekids @candlewickpress

It’s that time: the Christmas storytime! Here are a few good ones to consider.   Socks: A Christmas Kid’s Lament, by JD McPherson/Illustrated by Anika Orrock, (Sept. 2024, Walker Books), $15.99, ISBN: 9781536237023 Ages 3-7 Singer-songwriter McPherson’s picture book debut is about a Christmas present kids dread: SOCKS. A young boy creeps down to his Christmas tree early one Christmas morning,…

[graphicpolicy]

The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip is so very weird and entertaining

The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip is so very weird and entertaining #comics #graphicnovel #kidslit #ncbd

4.5 billion years ago . . . an AI paperclip named CheckMate was designed to fix grammatical errors. Exhausted of correcting “who” vs. “whom,” it concocted a plan to eliminate spelling errors once and for all. All life-forms would be turned into something beautiful, practical, perfect: a paperclip. Thankfully, it was buried in the debris. Long forgotten . . . until it was accidentally freed. Now…

[intothestacks]

Adventures in Librarian-ing

This week I've been reading How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett to the Grade 1 to 3 classes.

When I announced the title of the book to one of the Grade 1 classes one of the kids raised their hand and asked me if I'd ever written a book.

"Kinda," I replied, "My mom's a children's author and she wrote a dictionary for kids. I helped her with keeping track of things like which words were being added to the dictionary. Because there are a lot of words out there ("There sure are!" one of the kiddos agreed) and no dictionary can have all of them, right? So she had to pick out what words to put in and leave out."

^ I worked on this dictionary. It sold over a million copies.

[springsteenicious]

first official ao3 macdennis fic babey

involving jealous Dennis and Mac with a new boyfriend

[literaticat]

I was just wondering if there are some BIZARRE facts about books or publishing that you've learned over career. Like.. things that made your mouth drop when you heard them?

I don't know if this qualifies as "bizarre" or not, but I definitely heard it and it was seared into my brain forever. (Two things, actually, but they are related!)

Margaret Wise Brown was obsessed with fur, to the point that she insisted that The Little Fur Family be bound in a real fur jacket. (There's a deluxe edition that is still bound in faux fur, and even the board book edition has a little faux fur tummy on the character!)

Anyway, the first edition WAS bound in real rabbit fur, and some still exist but they are quite expensive, because the majority of the books were stored in a warehouse, and moths got in and ate them.

Part two of the story: At around the same time as LFF, illustrator Clement Hurd and his wife brought their then two-year-old son Thacher Hurd (now a celebrated children's book author-illustrator in his own right) to Maine to visit Margaret. She created what she thought was an amazing little fur room for the child, and in fact it absolutely traumatized him. I heard him tell this story at an event one time and it was SO FUNNY but also my mouth definitely dropped!

She was a real character, and I highly recommend the superb picture book biography of her, THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT MARGARET WISE BROWN by Mac Barnett, and the grownup biography AWAKENED BY THE MOON by Leonard S. Marcus.

(Bonus fun fact, not to do with MWB! The original WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE was called WHERE THE WILD HORSES ARE, but Maurice Sendak realized he was bad at drawing horses.)

[lizziethereader]

I last read...

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris

what I wanted: just a fun little graphic novel

what I got: a quirky space adventure

what I thought: The characters didn't wow me, but the story was super fun regardless! I rate this 3.5 out of 5 cats who didn't go to space.

[waveofstars]

SPELL OUT YOUR URL USING SONG TITLES !!

TAGGED BY: @myriadxofxmuses (this was so fun, ty!!)

TAGGING: anyone who sees this!

Washing Machine Heart by Mitski

Avant Gardener by Courtney Barnett

Vienna by Billy Joel

End of Beginning by Djo

Orange Juice by Noah Kahan

Femininomenon by Chappell Roan

Stubborn Love by The Lumineers

This Is Me Trying by Taylor Swift

American Teenager by Ethel Cain

Red Wine Supernova by Chappell Roan

Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac

[spookyrobbins]

do you have any songs that remind you of arizona, callie or calzona?

for calzona, some of my faves are:

“to build a home” by the cinematic orchestra

“the night we met” by lord huron

“someday, someone” by jeremy messersmith

“everywhere, everything” by noah kahan

for callie:

“greek tragedy” by the wombats (specifically for early season callie)

“the house we never built” by gabrielle alpin

“growing sideways” by noah kahan

“an illustration of loneliness (sleepless in new york)” by courtney barnett

for arizona:

“ship to wreck” by florence + the machine

“happier” by olivia rodrigo

“better than sunshine” by aqualung

“northern attitude” by noah kahan

also some honorable (tim) mentions:

“ends of the earth” by lord huron

“rivers and roads” by the head and the heart

“landslide” by fleetwood mac

“waitin’ for a superman” by the flaming lips

i’ve got a bunch of spotify playlists:

be happy; (my og calzona playlist)

for tr (the tim robbins playlist)

perpetually sad robbins sibs (what it says on the tin)

mcdimples (basically greys soundtrack and adjacent)

[no-context-picture-books]

From Square by Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett

[roesolo]

Back to School Picture Books

The end of Summer Break is nigh, but don’t fret. Here are some fun picture books to get readers into thoughtful school mode. Marker, by Anna Kang/Illustrated by Christopher Weyant, (June 2023, Two Lions), $17.99, ISBN: 9781542039611 Ages 3-7 The companion to Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant’s Eraser (2018) is every bit as playful, wonderful, and perfect for back-to-school reading. The teacher’s…

[spinningrims]

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10. What was your favorite new release of the year? isaac, this was honestly probably my worst ever year for keeping on top of new releases (there's a new gd sandra newman this year that i didn't get to for god's sake) but i did read a few! the favorite was probably isabel cañas' vampires of el norte, which wasn't unbelievable by any means but it got me to read like a 400 page book in like 2 days so if i can include the category of middle grade graphic novels, which i frequently do, there were some excellent sequels that came out this year!! including madeline mcgrane's the accursed vampire: the curse at witch camp and mac barnett & shawn harris' the first cat in space and the soup of doom!

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year? this was also not a banner year for discovering new authors lol! i tried to discover some new authors but wasn't so successful in loving them ...if i can include middle grade (lol) i read a wonderful novel about a nonbinary figure skater written by a nonbinary figure skater called ana on the edge by a.j. sass and i know this author has some other gendery middle grade books and i would love to check them out! OH and i did love discovering hampshire college alum chen chen through his poetry collection your emergency contact has experienced an emergency

24. Did you DNF anything? Why? i almost certainly did DNF some things but i don't keep track of that :(

19. Did you use your library? i did use my library probably more than ever before!! because i work there!! and the economy!! out of 56 books read so far, 18 were library books! wow!!

21. Did you participate in or watch any booklr, booktube, or book twitter drama? i dont really get off on that but i was side eyeing some of the r*becca y*rros drama because apparently she's written ~military romances in the past and that is maybe not the genre to be in if you want to write meaningful, empathetic content about, like, afghanistan

thank you isaac

[booksnotbombs]

NOVEMBER 2023 WRAP UP

Due to a slipped disc I had to stay home for three weeks... Couldn't sit down for more than five minutes, so reading books wasn't easy...

ENGLISH

Fans : A Journey Into the Psychology of Belonging - Michael Bond An interesting look into why people are fans...

❤️Fangs - Sarah Andersen (reread) - spooky season is never really spooky without this one!

Down To The Woods (Helen Grace #8) - MJ Alridge

The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen

DUTCH

❤️Aicha en de verloren taal - Fikry El Azzouzi & Trui Chielens An Arabian fairytale about humans, animals and djinns in a modern setting.

Ik kan je redden - Sofie Delporte - A thriller about a detective in the Missing Person's Unit looking for a woman... it had lot's of insider's information on this unit that has always fascinated me...