Author Event: MAC BARNETT & SHAWN HARRIS

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Join us for an immersive theatrical spectacular with Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris, the authors 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. And if you show up dressed as your favorite character from the books, you’ll get a special prize from Shawn and Mac!

IMPORTANT INFO:

• This is a ticketed event: a book purchase is required for each transaction.
• Location: East Meadows Elementary School
• Event Details: Presentation followed by a photo op.
• Signing: In lieu of a signing line, there will be a photo op with Mac & Shawn after the presentation.
• Merch: First Cat merch and books will be available for purchase at the event - all books for sale will be pre-signed.
• No-Shows: Any orders/books not picked up at the event must be picked up from Poppy Books within two weeks.

TICKET OPTIONS:

• Ticket + Book: Includes entry for 1 person and 1 signed copy of the featured book.
• Plus One Ticket(s): Includes entry for 1 guest (limit 2 per transaction.). Only valid when purchased with a Ticket + Book.

IMPORTANT:

• Groups of four or more will need to complete separate transactions. Thank you for your understanding!
• Plus One tickets cannot be purchased on their own. They must be added to a Ticket + Book order. Orders that include a Plus One without a Ticket + Book will be cancelled.

For questions, please email: events@poppybookssf.com.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In the fourth installment of Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris’s New York Times bestselling series, the heroic trio of First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen take on Captain Babybeard and his crew of swashbuckling pirates.

Robot dog rovers on Mars! A nefarious banana! And a lot of other freaky stuff that really scares First Cat… that’s what’s in store for our feline hero and his friends in the next cataclysmic chapter of our bestselling blockbuster series.

When the notorious pirate Babybeard is mutinied and marooned on a deserted island, the Moon Queen enlists him as a privateer, where he’ll have to learn to rely on others to reclaim his ship—and restore his infamous reputation as the most dreaded pirate roaming the spacewaves!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:

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.

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.