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Peters Patch, April 16, 2013
...illustrated by the author "Creepy Carrots!" by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown "Extra Yarn," by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen "Just Ducks," by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino "Sleep Like a Tiger," by Mary...
Whiteboard Journal, April 15, 2013
...also a story that teaches children how to be responsible for their own actions. Extra Yarn Written by Mac Barnett Illustrated by Jon Klassen Balzer + Bray The story begins in a gloomy town where a little girl named Annabelle finds a box filled...
KansasCity.com, April 3, 2013
...American Library Association for “This is Not My Hat,” plus a Caldecott honor for “Extra Yarn,” written by Mac Barnett. Klassen’s debut picture book, “I Want My Hat Back,” features a large, cuddly bear that, in the process of retrieving...
School Library Journal, April 3, 2013
...Now think of the great comedic children?s book pairings out there.� Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.� Mac Barnett and Adam Rex.� Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld (they get extra points for playing ping pong while they present).� But on this...
Business Wire, April 2, 2013
...Santat is the author and/or illustrator of many books, including Oh, No! and Oh, No! Not Again! by Mac Barnett and Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo by Ayun Halliday . He is also the creator of Disney's animated hit The Replacements. Dan lives in...
Wicked Local West Roxbury, March 26, 2013
...Scott King Author Honor). Generosity triumphs over villainy in the Horn Book Best Picture Award Extra “Yarn,” by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen. Every year, various professional organizations, journals, and newspapers come out with...
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2013
...to illustrators, but he also won a Caldecott Honour – sort of a runner-up award – for illustrating Mac Barnett’s Extra Yarn. In Extra Yarn, a little girl in a drab, grey town finds a box of multicoloured yarn and begins to knit herself a sweater....
Wired News, January 9, 2013
...illustrations and simple sentences telling a very amusing tale. Honorable mention goes to Chloe & the Lion by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex (review) for a wonderful meta-story about picture books. Kid fiction: Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger (review) edges...
City Parent.com, January 5, 2013
...are: Animal Masquerade Marianne Dubuc Kids Can Press Canada in Words Per-Henrik Gürth Kids Can Press Extra Yarn Mac Barnett Illus. Jon Klassen Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Publisher I Can Do It Myself! and Now I Am Big! Stephen...
Lake County News-Chronicle, January 4, 2013
...Alexander; "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda" Tom Angleberger; "City of Orphans" Avi; "Danger Goes Berserk (Brixton Brothers)" Mac Barnett; "Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover" Cece Bell; "Nobody's Perfect. I'm As Close As It Gets" Jim Benton. Dear Dumb...
Elburn Herald, January 3, 2013
...area.” Young adult books like “Theodore Boone” by John Grisham and “The Case of the Mistaken Identity” by Mac Barnett were among the books distributed to help bridge the gap in literacy. “We hope this will help children develop a life-long...
ALA, December 13, 2012
...Elsie and Frances Fool the World,” by Mary Losure (Candlewick) Youth Picture Book – “Extra Yarn,” written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen (HarperCollins/Balzer and Bray) Video – “The Dust Bowl,” by Ken Burns (PBS) Audio...
Parenting.com, December 6, 2012
...illustrated by Steve Jenkins Preschool Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett Early Elementary Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst Zeke Meeks vs the Gruesome Girls by D.L. Green Tween The...
Wired News, November 30, 2012
...begins as a simple tale about a girl and a lion quickly spins out of control when writer Mac Barnett and illustrator Adam Rex enter the book to debate who is more essential to a picture book, the writer or the illustrator. Watch this video and you’ll...


