Mac Barnett has written best-selling and award-winning picturebooks, but he also wants to change the way people think about the medium. Barnett's books have been translated into more than 30 languages, sold more than 5 million copies, and won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, and three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards. Barnett is also a leader in the literary world through his work as the ninth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader. With Jon Klassen, Barnett created the animated series Shape Island on Apple TV. The two also write a newsletter called Looking at Picturebooks, which explores how picturebooks work. Barnett's beloved and strange style was succinctly celebrated by The San Francisco Chronicle: "He is a believer that picture books can have Swiftian absurdity and untidy endings, and that 'life is absurd, and kids know that.'"
Jon Klassen was an illustrator and animator, working on films like Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, before he decided to write and illustrate his own books. Overnight, he became an international bestseller. His debut 'hat' trilogy (I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and We Found A Hat) are funny, minimalist, and at times dark picturebooks, and the winners of the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Klassen's inspirations, including Hitchcock's Psycho, literature's unreliable narrators, and Edgar Allan Poe, are not usually associated with children's books, but Klassen's work has the rare quality of attracting all readers, regardless of age. As The New York Times wrote, "Klassen, who speaks the language of the picture book like few other authors and illustrators these days, has created a masterpiece of honest feelings, emotional tension and poetic restraint." Klassen's books have been translated into 22 languages, and he has now co-authored books with Lemony Snicket and Mac Barnett. With Barnett, Klassen created the animated series Shape Island on Apple TV. The two also write a newsletter called Looking at Picturebooks, which explores the creation and intricacies of picturebooks.
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Jon Klassen was an illustrator and animator, working on films like Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, before he decided to write and illustrate his own books. Overnight, he became an international bestseller. His debut 'hat' trilogy (I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and We Found A Hat) are funny, minimalist, and at times dark picturebooks, and the winners of the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Klassen's inspirations, including Hitchcock's Psycho, literature's unreliable narrators, and Edgar Allan Poe, are not usually associated with children's books, but Klassen's work has the rare quality of attracting all readers, regardless of age. As The New York Times wrote, "Klassen, who speaks the language of the picture book like few other authors and illustrators these days, has created a masterpiece of honest feelings, emotional tension and poetic restraint." Klassen's books have been translated into 22 languages, and he has now co-authored books with Lemony Snicket and Mac Barnett. With Barnett, Klassen created the animated series Shape Island on Apple TV. The two also write a newsletter called Looking at Picturebooks, which explores the creation and intricacies of picturebooks.
Mac Barnett has written best-selling and award-winning picturebooks, but he also wants to change the way people think about the medium. Barnett's books have been translated into more than 30 languages, sold more than 5 million copies, and won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, and three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards. Barnett is also a leader in the literary world through his work as the ninth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader. With Jon Klassen, Barnett created the animated series Shape Island on Apple TV. The two also write a newsletter called Looking at Picturebooks, which explores how picturebooks work. Barnett's beloved and strange style was succinctly celebrated by The San Francisco Chronicle: "He is a believer that picture books can have Swiftian absurdity and untidy endings, and that 'life is absurd, and kids know that.'"
Jon Klassen was an illustrator and animator, working on films like Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, before he decided to write and illustrate his own books. Overnight, he became an international bestseller. His debut 'hat' trilogy (I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and We Found A Hat) are funny, minimalist, and at times dark picturebooks, and the winners of the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Klassen's inspirations, including Hitchcock's Psycho, literature's unreliable narrators, and Edgar Allan Poe, are not usually associated with children's books, but Klassen's work has the rare quality of attracting all readers, regardless of age. As The New York Times wrote, "Klassen, who speaks the language of the picture book like few other authors and illustrators these days, has created a masterpiece of honest feelings, emotional tension and poetic restraint." Klassen's books have been translated into 22 languages, and he has now co-authored books with Lemony Snicket and Mac Barnett. With Barnett, Klassen created the animated series Shape Island on Apple TV. The two also write a newsletter called Looking at Picturebooks, which explores the creation and intricacies of picturebooks.
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Jon Klassen was an illustrator and animator, working on films like Kung Fu Panda and Coraline, before he decided to write and illustrate his own books. Overnight, he became an international bestseller. His debut 'hat' trilogy (I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and We Found A Hat) are funny, minimalist, and at times dark picturebooks, and the winners of the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Klassen's inspirations, including Hitchcock's Psycho, literature's unreliable narrators, and Edgar Allan Poe, are not usually associated with children's books, but Klassen's work has the rare quality of attracting all readers, regardless of age. As The New York Times wrote, "Klassen, who speaks the language of the picture book like few other authors and illustrators these days, has created a masterpiece of honest feelings, emotional tension and poetic restraint." Klassen's books have been translated into 22 languages, and he has now co-authored books with Lemony Snicket and Mac Barnett. With Barnett, Klassen created the animated series Shape Island on Apple TV. The two also write a newsletter called Looking at Picturebooks, which explores the creation and intricacies of picturebooks.
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