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Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris at Armadillo Music
October 25, 2023 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
$30
Have you ever wanted to learn more about children’s literature? Sit down with children’s book author, Mac Barnett, and illustrator, Shawn Harris, to discuss the big beautiful world of children’s books. Join us for this after hours event at Armadillo Music on October 25th at 8:30 PM. Mac and Shawn’s books will be available to purchase and have signed at the event.
Admission is $30 and includes a beverage ticket. Proceeds benefit the Mary L. Stephens Branch of the Yolo County Library. Event for Adults ONLY.
About the Mac Barnett
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.
About the Shawn Harris
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.
