2015 author visit ankeny community schools. author of over 18 books. a caldecott winning author. won...
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Mac Barnett
2015 Author VisitAnkeny Community Schools
Who is Mac Barnett?
• Author of over 18 books. • A Caldecott winning
author.• Won the Caldecott Medal
Honor Award for Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (2015) and Extra Yarn (2012).• Mac lives in Berkeley,
California.
Mac’s Picture Books
More Mac Books
Telephone
• Have you ever played Telephone before.
• The birds in this book are playing the game together.
• What will the ending answer be? Read Telephone to find out.
http://viewpure.com/zjOVGusotHA?ref=bkmk
Count the Monkeys
• It is hard to count the monkeys when there aren’t any to count.
• You will keep turning pages to find different animals.
• Will there ever be any monkeys to count?
http://bcove.me/r5z1fjuw
Extra Yarn
• Anabelle finds a box filled with yarn.
• Annabelle knits a sweater for herself, but there is still yarn left.
• She keeps on knitting, but the yarn never runs out.
• Will the yarn supply ever stop?• Winner of the 2012 Caldecott
honor.
http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=8421&a=1
Battle Bunny• Alex gets a cute new book
called Birthday Bunny for his birthday from his Grandma.
• He thinks he is too old for it, so he decides to change the title to Battle Bunny.
• What else does Alex change in this book?
http://viewpure.com/a5kCT9cexyo?ref=bkmk
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole• This just won the 2015
Caldecott Honor Award.• Sam and Dave decide to dig
a hole in hopes to find something “spectacular”.
• This is a funny book that takes many turns.
• Will they ever find a treasure? Read to find out.
http://viewpure.com/uRZU4uXPCLQ?ref=bkmk
Oh No!
http://viewpure.com/CITUzliNsEA?ref=bkmk
• Oh No! Or How my Science Project Destroyed the World
• A little girl builds a large robot for the science fair and expects to win, but she doesn’t expect what actually happens.
• Oh No, Not Again! Or how I Built a Time Machine to Save History
• When she does not get a perfect score on her history test, a young girl builds a time machine to remedy the situation.
Guess Again• Engages the reader to
keep guessing again. • Lift the flap book
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale• When Billy’s Mother
follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet he must take care of.
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
• Steve is a 12 year old who is a big fan of the Bailey Brothers detective novels.
• While he is working on a homework assignment he is dreading, he gets mistaken for a real detective.
• He must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded government information.
• http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=5815&a=1http://books.simonandschuster.com/Guess-Again!/Mac-Barnett/9781416955665#video-27805631001
Terrible Two
• http://viewpure.com/simJG3Omyvw?ref=bkmk#t=23
• When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks.
• Soon the two end up joining forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
Author Visit Date• Mac will be at Southeast on…
Wednesday, April 29
Book orders are due back on March 9, 2015!
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