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ⓘ About Mac Barnett
Born 23 August 1982, Mac Barnett is a well-established children’s book writer, who resides in Oakland, California. Once he completed his high school education, Mac Barnett joined Pomona College, where he was placed under author, Foster Wallace. Mac Barnett is mainly known for the picture book, Earn a Yarn, which won the Boston Globe book awards in the year 2013 and a White Read Award in the year 2013. His other picture book, Sam and Dave Dig Hole was awarded a Caldecott Medal Award and a Caldecott honor. The robbers are successful with the raid and take the box of yarn to the archduke. However, once he had the box of yarn in his hands, things do not go as he had expected. What is the archduke going to do next, because things have not gone as he had hoped them to?
All Book Series by Mac Barnett
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2009
The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip
Book 3 of 4 · published 2024
The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2025
Oh No!: Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2010
Oh No! Not Again!: Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2012
The Terrible Two's Last Laugh
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2018
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
Series opener · book 1 of 33 · published 2009
The Clock Without a Face
Book 3 of 33 · published 2010 Co-authored · Gus Twintig
Tom Nancy: The Sheep Who Swapped Brains with a Boy
Latest in the series · book 33 of 33 · published 2026
Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Single-title series · published 2026
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mac Barnett?
Born 23 August 1982, Mac Barnett is a well-established children’s book writer, who resides in Oakland, California. Once he completed his high school education, Mac Barnett joined Pomona College, where he was placed under author, Foster Wallace. Mac Barnett is mainly known for the picture book, Earn a Yarn, which won the Boston Globe book awards in the year 2013 and a White Read Award in the year 2013.
Which Mac Barnett series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Brixton Brothers series, the earliest of Mac Barnett's multi-book series: it opens with The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (2009) and runs to 4 books across 2009–2012, ending with Danger Goes Berserk (2012). Mac Barnett's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Mac Barnett written?
Mac Barnett has 71 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 36 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the A Jack Book series with 8 books — and 35 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mac Barnett's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mac Barnett's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Brixton Brothers (2009–2012, 4 books), Oh No! (2010–2012, 2 books) and The Terrible Two (2015–2018, 4 books), plus 5 more.
How are Mac Barnett's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mac Barnett's 71 books into 8 named series and 35 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: A Jack Book (8 books, 2019–2021); Mac B., Kid Spy (7 books, 2018–2021); The Brixton Brothers (4 books, 2009–2012); The First Cat in Space (4 books, 2022–2025); The Terrible Two (4 books, 2015–2018), plus 3 further series.