Author Event with Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris

Parnassus Books, in partnership with The Ensworth School, is thrilled to present an immersive theatrical spectacular with Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris, the author and illustrator of The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge!

There will be live music, dramatic performances, and thrilling adventure, all in celebration of the fourth book in the bestselling First Cat in Space graphic novel series. If you show up dressed as your favorite character from the books, you’ll get a special prize from Shawn & Mac!

This ticketed event will take place in the theatre at Ensworth Red Gables Campus (211 Ensworth Ave, Nashville, TN 37205) on Tuesday, November 4th, at 6:30 PM. Doors will open at 5:45 PM.

Tickets:

You must have a ticket to attend this event. Each ticket includes one pre-signed hardcover edition of The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge.

Please be sure to select the correct ticket type.

-Single attendee ticket: Includes general admission for ONE attendee, with ONE pre-signed book.

-Adult with child ticket: Includes general admission for ONE adult and ONE child, with ONE pre-signed book.

Additional copies of The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge, as well as select copies of the authors' previous books, will be available for purchase at the event while supplies last.

Please Note: There will be a photo line with Mac and Shawn following the event on stage. There will NOT be a signing line for personalizations.

Parking:

There is ample parking in the school lot.

About the book:

In the fourth installment of Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris’s New York Times-bestselling series our heroes—First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen— encounter Captain Babybeard and his crew of swashbuckling pirates.

After Captain Babybeard steals a treasure map from the Queen of the Moon, the notorious pirate sees nothing but piles of gold in his future. But a mutiny, led by his first mate, the Martian Pirate James Plantain, leaves Babybeard marooned on a deserted island. Betrayed by his crew, the little captain seeks an unlikely alliance...

Will Captain Babybeard get revenge? Will First Cat, the Moon Queen, and LOZ 4000 recover their treasure map? Or will the moon fall into the hands of a nefarious banana?

About the author:

Mac Barnett is the 2025–26 Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages. His picture books include two Caldecott Honor–winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn. Among his other popular books are I Love You Like a Pig, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, and The Magic Word, illustrated by Elise Parsley. He lives in Oakland, California. You can visit him online at macbarnett.com.

About the illustrator:

Shawn Harris’s first illustrated book, Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, received seven starred reviews, was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and a PW Best Book of the Year. His other picture books include Eggers's What Can a Citizen Do, which was a Time Magazine Best Children’s Book, Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy, A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett, and his own author-illustrated works Have You Ever Seen a Flower? and Doing Business. Harris also occasionally moonlights as singer-songwriter of the popular Oakland, California, band the Matches, whose early 2000s album art sparked his illustration career.

Host or Publisher Draper James + Parnassus Books