2015 Author Visit Ankeny Community Schools

Author of over 18 books. A Caldecott winning author. Won the Caldecott Medal Honor Award for Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (2015) and Extra Yarn (2012). Mac lives in Berkeley, California.

Have you ever played Telephone before. The birds in this book are playing the game together. What will the ending answer be? Read Telephone to find out.

It is hard to count the monkeys when there aren’t any to count. You will keep turning pages to find different animals. Will there ever be any monkeys to count?

Anabelle finds a box filled with yarn. Annabelle knits a sweater for herself, but there is still yarn left. She keeps on knitting, but the yarn never runs out. Will the yarn supply ever stop? Winner of the 2012 Caldecott honor.

Alex gets a cute new book called Birthday Bunny for his birthday from his Grandma. He thinks he is too old for it, so he decides to change the title to Battle Bunny. What else does Alex change in this book?

This just won the 2015 Caldecott Honor Award. Sam and Dave decide to dig a hole in hopes to find something “spectacular”. This is a funny book that takes many turns. Will they ever find a treasure? Read to find out.

Oh No! Or How my Science Project Destroyed the World A little girl builds a large robot for the science fair and expects to win, but she doesn’t expect what actually happens. Oh No, Not Again! Or how I Built a Time Machine to Save History When she does not get a perfect score on her history test, a young girl builds a time machine to remedy the situation.

Engages the reader to keep guessing again. Lift the flap book

When Billy’s Mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet he must take care of.

Steve is a 12 year old who is a big fan of the Bailey Brothers detective novels. While he is working on a homework assignment he is dreading, he gets mistaken for a real detective. He must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded government information. eading.cgi?id=5815&a=1 eading.cgi?id=5815&a=1 Barnett/ #video

When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks. Soon the two end up joining forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.

Mac will be at Southeast on… Wednesday, April 29 Book orders are due back on March 9, 2015!