Finishing an Unfinished Thing With Mac Barnett

First Draft Episode #351: Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett, two-time Caldecott Honor and #1 New York Times
bestselling author of picture books like Extra Yarn and Sam and
Dave Dig a Hole with illustrator Jon Klassen, and the Jack book
series with illustrator Greg Pizzoli. Mac joins us to talk about
The Great Zapfino, his new picture book with illustrator Marla
Frazee (hear her First Draft interview here).


Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak




David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest and A
Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again




The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka, illuistrated by Lane
Smith




Wanda Gág, author of Millions of Cats




Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight, Moon (hear Mac and
other writers talk about Margaret Wise Brown and Goodnight
Moon on this Remember Reading podcast episode)




The Far Side by Gary Larson




Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson




Mystery Science Theater 3000




Billy Twitter and His Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett,
illustrated by Adam Rex




Dinotopia, A Land Apart From Time by James Gurney




826LA and its Time Travel Mart




Dave Eggers, author of The Circle, What is the What, and A
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and founder of
McSweeny’s and the 826 Literary non-profit




No Country For Old Men (movie)




Dear Genius by Ursula Nordstrom




Steven Malk, Mac’s literary agent with Writer’s House




The Picture Book Manifesto




“Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children,” by Julie
Bosman for the New York Times




Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of bestselling picture
books Home and Caldecott Honor book Du Iz Tak?, talks about
her newest picture book, In the Half Room.




The Horn Book Magazine




Marla Frazee, two-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and
illustrator of The Boss Baby, A Couple of Boys Have the Best
Week Ever, All the World, and many more. She joins us to talk
about the Farmer series: The Farmer and the Clown, The Farmer
and the Monkey, and The Farmer and the Circus, out now. Hear
her First Draft interview here.




Jon Klassen, Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times
bestselling author and illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back
series, who is back with a book he wrote and illustrated: The
Rock From the Sky. Hear his First Draft interviews here and
here.




The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense
by Jon Sciezka and illustrated by Julia Rothman




The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett and illustrated by
Jon Klassen




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




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Jon Scieszka, former
National Ambassador for Children’s Literature and New York
Times bestselling author best known for picture books with
illustrator Lane Smith, including The True Story of the Three
Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid
Tales, Math Curse, and more. Hear his First Draft interview
here.




Ben Zhu. author,
illustrator, and founder of Gallery Nucleus, talks about his
debut picture book, Dessert Island. Hear his First Draft
interview here.




Oliver Jeffers, visual
artist, climate activist, and author and/or illustrator of
several New York Times bestselling picture books, including
The Day the Crayons Quit, How to Catch a Star, The Fate of
Fausto, and Here We Are, joins us to talk about his newest
picture book, There’s a Ghost In This House. Hear his First
Draft interviews here and here.




 


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