Mac Barnett + Shawn Harris

Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris, the hilarious, bestselling, and award-winning duo behind the middle grade graphic novel seriesThe First Cat in Space Ate Pizza visit Decatur with the newest installment, The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza and the Wrath of the Paperclip!

Not your typical author event, this will be an extra-special road show that includes a lively theatrical/musical performance with photo-ops and merchandise and is guaranteed to be a memorable night for all!. Prepare to laugh until your belly hurts! Attendees are HIGHLY encouraged to come dressed as their favorite First Cat character!

Registraton for this event is required and includes admission for one parent and one child and a signed copy of The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza and the Wrath of the Paperclip. Additional companion tickets can be purchased at an additional cost of $5 per attendee by attendees who have already purchased a general admission ticket with signed book.

About the book:

Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with the third volume in the bestselling The First Cat in Space graphic novel series! Prepare to meet an evil paperclip, space dinos, and another adorable bunny. Mac & Shawn also reveal their tried-and-true method of scoring free dessert at restaurants.

4.5 billion years ago . . . an AI paperclip named CheckMate was designed to fix grammatical errors. Exhausted of correcting "who” vs. “whom,” it concocted a plan to eliminate spelling errors once and for all. All life-forms would be turned into something beautiful, practical, perfect: a paperclip.

Thankfully, it was buried in the debris. Long forgotten . . . until it was accidentally freed. Now CheckMate has invaded every computer on Earth and is bent on fulfilling its dastardly plot. There's only one trio who can save the day: the First Cat in Space, the Moon Queen, and LOZ 4000. But when CheckMate zoops First Cat's spacesuit, our titular hero is now powerless. The fate of the world depends on...a regular little kitty cat.

Will everyone in the universe become school supplies?!

About the author:

Mac Barnett is 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.

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