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StoryMakers with Mac Barnett – National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 🏅

What does it mean to be National Ambassador for Young People's Literature? Join Mac Barnett for StoryMakers as he shares his first-hand experience in the job being a champion of books, reading, and kids who love to read kids books! Find out about Mac's adventures as Ambassador and what he thinks makes a great children's book author.

Kids! Have you ever wondered how authors come up with a main character for a story? Well, Mac has some top tips for you — and he'd love to hear what main characters you can create. Start by answering these three questions:

1. Where do they live?
2. What do they like to do?
3. What is their name?

Then, tell us your ideas in the comments below!

Viewers: Create a MAIN CHARACTER for a story!
Share your ideas in the comment section below.

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• NATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE •

About Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett is the ninth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader. He’s a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children and the writer, with Jon Klassen, of Looking at Picture Books, a newsletter for adults about how picture books work. Mac’s 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.

Connect with Mac Barnett!
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About the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

The National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is an initiative of the Library of Congress, in partnership with Every Child a Reader, with generous support from The Library of Congress James Madison Council, The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation and Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

Behold, The Picture Book! Let’s Celebrate Stories We Can Feel, Hear, and See!

Mac Barnett will explore the deeply impactful ways picture books blend words and illustrations to create a uniquely powerful reading experience, one that is often the foundation for a lifetime of reading. Ultimately, Barnett will assert the picture book is a quintessential American art form and deserves its rightful place among the best American literature.

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StoryMakers with Mac Barnett – National Ambassador for Young People's Literature 🏅