Mac Barnett's TOM NANCY In Store Event and Book Signing

Join us on Sunday, October 4 at 10:30 AM when Mac Barnett comes to the store to share his new picture book Tom Nancy: The Sheep Who Swapped Brains With a Boy. Mac will sign copies of his book after the presentation.

Click here to preorder a copy of Tom Nancy.

From two of the most acclaimed and beloved picture book makers today, Mac Barnett and X. Fang, comes a hilarious trickster tale like no other. A sneaky sheep has a proposal for an innocent boy that will change both of their lives forever: a brain swap!

Farmer's son Felix knows that Tom Nancy is a clever little sheep. Still, Felix is surprised to learn that not only can this sheep talk, he also has a marvelous machine stowed away in the barn that will allow them to switch brains for the day. Felix agrees to Tom Nancy’s idea of a swap, and it works! Felix finds that life in the pasture as a sheep is interesting. But Tom Nancy discovers that being a boy who wrestles and eats sandwiches is simply stupendous! So when Felix tells him he’s ready to switch back, Tom Nancy has another idea . . .

A deliciously subversive story that delivers some just deserts, Tom Nancy will have readers of all ages laughing out loud and on the edge of their seats.

MAC BARNETT, the 2025–2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is a New York Times–bestselling author of stories for children. Mac’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book Awards, three E. B. White Read Aloud Awards and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, as well as several international prizes. He lives in Oakland, California. His latest book, a collaboration with Ezra Jack Keats Award winner X. Fang, is Tom Nancy: The Sheep Who Switched Brains with a Boy.

THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 10:00 am on October 4.

BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.

DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.

WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.

WE ASK that attendees arrive between 10:15 and 10:30 AM for the event.

PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.