Mac Barnett
21) Twenty questions
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
Author
Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.
25) Jack and Santa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Jack finds himself on the naughty list, he worries that Santa will bring him coal. But Jack wants presents–lots of them. Will Jack be able to prove to Santa that he’s not so bad after all?
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Ian always follows the rules and his sister, Jenny, never does but when she angers some monsters while breaking all the rules of their vacation house in the woods, Ian first runs away, then realizes there should be a rule about protecting your sister from being eaten by monsters.
27) Jack blasts off!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Lady is mad at Jack, she decides to send him and Rex on a one-way trip into outer space, and while she enjoys some peace and quiet, Jack and Rex get into trouble on a far-off moon, where they meet an alien named Zip.
28) Jack goes West
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack and the Lady take the train West to visit a dude ranch. One night, there's a bank robbery next door, and Jack is pegged as the bandit. But thanks to Jack's new rope tricks, the real robber is caught, and Jack leaves the Wild West a free rabbit with a big secret.
29) Too many Jacks
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Lady gives Jack a gift. It's a lab kit! Jack goes into the shed to experiment and doesn't come out until he's made another Jack and another Jack and another. But one Jack was already too many. Can Jack stop his naughty robot clones before they destroy the town?"--Publisher
30) Jack at the Zoo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack, Rex, and the Lady visit the zoo. But when Jack gets hungry, he sneaks into a koala's cage to steal some snacks. In a case of mistaken identity, the Lady takes the koala home and leaves Jack stuck in the cage. How will Jack escape, and will the Lady and Rex be happier with the new Jack?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
148 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
148 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1989 someone is threatening to steal the crown jewels, so the Queen of England summons Mac B. to England to protect them-- and when they are stolen from a locked dungeon cell, where Mac and Holcroft, one of the warders, are supposed to be guarding them, it is up to Mac to figure out how they were stolen, and whether the thief is the descendant of an Irish soldier-of-fortune who tried to steal them in 1671, or someone else entirely.
33) The magic word
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Paxton discovers that by saying the word "alakazoomba," he can magically get whatever he pleases.
35) Jack at bat
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It's up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
163 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Summoned by the Queen of England to save the world once again, trusty kid spy Mac B. navigates secret tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall to retrieve cheat codes from an adversarial scientist only to find himself trapped in East Germany.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
167 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This is a story of stolen violins. It's got mummies, museums, sandwiches, hostages, and a dangerous showdown with the Russian Red Army Choir. Open this book to find out more about my adventures. But beware--this mission is top secret and very dangerous!" -- cover.
40) Telephone
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.