Leave it to Niles Sparks to prank his pranking partner in…

I'd much rather have a book that a few people love intensely than a book that a lot of people like okay.

— Mac Barnett

Kevin Cornell and I have worked together a bunch.

— Mac Barnett

“I live well! I may have been swallowed, but I have no intention of being eaten.”

— Mac Barnett

“A clue! From M!" "Who's M?" "Maybe M is for Mackintosh! Maybe Grabes ans Mackintosh are in cahoots!" "Or maybe M is for Mom.…

— Mac Barnett

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

— Mac Barnett

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the…

— Mac Barnett

Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat.

— Mac Barnett

Not only is a good prank harmless, but, like a good story, it reveals an essential truth that would otherwise be hidden.

— Mac Barnett

Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

— Mac Barnett

We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends an absurdity to what otherwise is…

— Mac Barnett

Pranking is a great way to indicate the underlying absurdities of the world.

— Mac Barnett

“He checked out his surrounding. More books. A drinking fountain. A poster showing a guy slam-dunking a basketball with one hand and holding a…

— Mac Barnett

I love those adult writers with the pranking ethos, [Don] DeLillo and [Donald] Barthelme and David Foster Wallace. I don't see any reason not…

— Mac Barnett

“Dana was what Steve called a "silent partner" in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn't carry a…

— Mac Barnett

“I may have been swallowed, said the duck, but I have no intention of being eaten.”

— Mac Barnett