Events and Appearances

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Mac Barnett’s 2025 National Ambassador Events

Washington DC: February 6
Inauguration Ceremony at the Library of Congress
Storytime for Adults evening program

Coronado, CA: May 20 – 22
Public event at Coronado Public Library, May 20 at 3:30pm
Schools visit to Silver Strand Elementary School and Village Elementary School

Washington DC: September 6 & 7
National Book Festival

Hanover, PA: September 22 & 23
School visit to Park Hills Elementary School
Public event at Guthrie Memorial Library, Hanover’s Public Library, September 23

Elkhart, IN: October 13 & 14
School visit to Concord Ox Bow Elementary School
Public event with Elkhart Public Library, October 14

Manvel, TX: October 23
School visit to Dr. James “Red” Duke Elementary School
Public event at Alvin ISD Liberty Alumni Hall, October 23

Greensboro, NC: October 25 – 28
Public event with Greensboro Public Library, September 25
School visit to Sumner Elementary

About Mac Barnett and his National Ambassador Platform

Mac Barnett is a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Barnett’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of “Shape Island,” a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Barnett lives in Oakland, California. 

During his two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Barnett will celebrate the children’s picture book through his platform, Behold, The Picture Book! Let’s Celebrate Stories We Can Feel, Hear, and See. Barnett will explore the deeply impactful ways picture books blend words and illustrations to create a uniquely powerful reading experience, one that is often the foundation for a lifetime of reading. Ultimately, Barnett will assert the picture book is a quintessential American art form and deserves its rightful place among the best American literature.

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