Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris First Cat In Space & the Wrath of the Paperclip

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore presents the power-house children's book author/illustrator duo Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris on Sunday, November 3rd at 11:00 AM.

Mac and Shawn will bring an interactive theatrical spectacular with live music, dramatic performances, and out-of-this-world hijinks celebrating the third book in their bestselling graphic novel series, The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip.

• This is a ticketed event and each ticket purchased includes one copy of the featured book and from one to three seats. Younger guests myst be accompanied by an adult.
• Books will be pre-signed with no personalization and available for pick-up at the event. In lieu of a signing line, fans will have a chance to get their photo taken with Mac and Shawn.
• Additional pre-signed copies of the books in the series will be available for purchase at the event

New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator Shawn Harris return for the third installment of a hilarious full-color middle grade graphic novel series following the adventures of First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen as they work to stop an AI villain paperclip from taking over the world. Perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey and Jeff Kinney.

4.5 billion years ago...on the ancient planet of Theia, an AI paperclip designed to fix grammatical errors attempted a coup. CheckMate was tired of correcting "who" vs "whom"—and concocted a plan to eliminate spelling errors once and for all. It would turn all carbon-based life forms into something beautiful, practical, perfect.

A paperclip.

And Checkmate would've destroyed the world too, if not for a fateful crash landing into Earth that buried it deep in debris. It was long forgotten by civilization. Until now. When a explorer unearths CheckMate, the AI soon escapes and invades every computer on Earth. The General and Dr. Milksop are out of options. There's only one group who can help them now: the First Cat in Space, the Moon Queen, and LOZ 4000. But when CheckMate zoops First Cat's spacesuit and reverts him into a regular cat, all hope seems utterly lost.

Will our heroes be able to stop Checkmate in time? Will everyone be turned into paperclips? What exactly does that First Cat spacesuit do anyway?

MAC BARNETT is a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Mac’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Mac lives in Oakland, California.

SHAWN HARRIS is an award-winning author and illustrator of books for kids. The Eyes and the Impossible, a #1 New York Times bestseller written by Dave Eggers, was awarded the John Newbery Medal, while his authorial debut Have You Ever Seen A Flower, called a “stunning tour de force…” by The New York Times, received a Caldecott Honor. The National Museum of Wildlife Art gave Shawn the Bull-Bransom Award, for excellence in the field of children’s book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife, for his cut-paper illustrations in A Polar Bear in the Snow, by Mac Barnett, with whom he also creates the bestselling First Cat In Space graphic novel series. Shawn lives in Half Moon Bay, California, and likes to writes songs, surf, and play racquetball.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, United States