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The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom

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November 4, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

The Judy Stage

Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with the second volume in the bestselling The First Cat in Space graphic novel series! Secret tales of woe, hilarious new characters, and dangerous plans of sabotage will keep readers delighted and laughing until the thrilling climax. Perfect for fans of Dog Man and InvestiGators.

The Moon Queen has been poisoned—by SOUP.

With few she can trust in her own royal court, she and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them . . . But our once-heroic toenail clipping robot is on the run, looking for new purpose in this vast universe.

Unbeknownst to our trio, secret forces are working against them. In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it’s too late? And who would want to poison her? Is Captain Babybeard, the adorable baby pirate, in this one?

Moderated by Sara Ortiz.

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Bios

Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett is a New York Times best-selling author of several books for children, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, the Shapes Trilogy, and many others illustrated by Jon Klassen. He is also the author of Just Because, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; A Polar Bear in the Snow, illustrated by Shawn Harris; John’s Turn, illustrated by Kate Berube; and Twenty Questions, illustrated by Christian Robinson. Winner of three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book Awards and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Mac Barnett lives in Oakland, California. He will be at Portland Book Festival 2023 celebrating two new books: the picture book How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, with Jon Klassen; and The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom!, with Shawn Harris.
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Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris’s first illustrated book, Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, received seven starred reviews and was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and a PW Best Book of the Year. His authorial debut, Have You Ever Seen a Flower, is a Caldecott Honor award winner. Shawn's other picture books include Eggers's What Can a Citizen Do, which was a Time magazine Best Children’s Book, Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy, A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett, and his own author-illustrated work Doing Business. Harris also occasionally moonlights as singer-songwriter of the popular Oakland, California, band the Matches, whose early 2000s albums art sparked his illustration career. His new book with Mac Barnett is The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom.
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Sara Ortiz

Sara Ortiz is a senior agent at Lyceum Agency. Before becoming an agent, she was the Interim Literary Director for the San Antonio Book Festival and the program and festival director for The Believer and Black Mountain Institute. Ortiz has spent 15 years building a career rooted in the literary arts, working and collaborating with various literary institutions and cultural organizations such as Penguin Random House, Scholastic Inc., Disney Publishing Worldwide, The Believer, Arizona State University, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Texas Library Association, Nevada Humanities, American Library Association, and McNally Jackson Books, among others. She is also the founder, curator, and host of the audio project Black Mountain Radio.
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Details

Date:
November 4, 2023
Time:
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
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Venue

The Judy Stage
1000 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205 + Google Map
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Bios

Mac Barnett
Shawn Harris
Sara Ortiz