Mac Barnett

Author 15 / Creator / Executive Producer · 2009 – 2023 · 📺 2 📖 15 · 🇺🇸 United States

Mac Barnett is an American children's book writer best known for his advocacy of the picture book. He has published over seventy works since 2009, consisting of over fifty picture books, graphic novels, essays, and short stories. He currently serves as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2025-26).

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Fiction JUVENILE FICTION children's fiction humorous stories New York Times bestseller

Highlights

Shape Island

Shape Island

2023

Shape Island

Shape Island

2023

Square

Square

2018

Frequent Collaborators

Jon Klassen

4 shared

Kelli Bixler

2 shared

Kevin Cornell

2 shared

Drew Hodges

2 shared

Scott Adsit

Scott Adsit

2 shared

Yvette Nicole Brown

Yvette Nicole Brown

2 shared

All decades 2000s 2010s 2020s

📺 TV Shows

Shape Island

Shape Island

creator

2023

Shape Island

Shape Island

executive_producer

2023

📖 Books

Square

Square

author

2018

The terrible two go wild

The terrible two go wild

author

2018

Triangle

Triangle

author

2017

The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

author

2017

The terrible two

The terrible two

author

2015

Leo

Leo

author

2015

President Taft is stuck in the bath

President Taft is stuck in the bath

author

2014

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole

author

2014

Telephone

Telephone

author

2014

Count the monkeys

Count the monkeys

author

2013

Danger goes berserk!

Danger goes berserk!

author

2012

It happened on a train (Brixton Brothers #3)

It happened on a train (Brixton Brothers #3)

author

2011

Extra yarn

Extra yarn

author

2011

The ghostwriter secret (Brixton Brothers #2)

The ghostwriter secret (Brixton Brothers #2)

author

2010

The case of the case of mistaken identity

The case of the case of mistaken identity

author

2009

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