Mac Barnett
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Barnett at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
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Born | Castro Valley, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | Pomona College |
Genre | Children's books |
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macbarnett.com |
Mac Barnett is an American writer of children's books living in Oakland, California. He was born in Castro Valley, California but grew up in Castro Valley and Oakland.[1]
Barnett graduated from Pomona College, where he studied under the writer David Foster Wallace.[2]
Extra Yarn, a picture book illustrated by Jon Klassen, won the 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and 2013 E. B. White Read Aloud Award.[3] It was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book. Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, won a Caldecott Honor and the 2015 E.B. White Read Aloud Award.[4]
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