2024 Superstar Speakers Jon Klassen & Mac Barnett

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It’s the final day of our PBSummit Olympic Trials. Broadcaster Julie Hedlund is stationed at Summit Beach in the middle of some fierce action. Who will spike their way to the top of the podium and claim the final Superstar Speaker spot at the 10th Anniversary Picture Book Summit coming to a computer near you on October 5, 2024?

Press play to hear Julie’s coverage of the last moments of this exciting event…

Superstar Speaker #3 Announcement

Wow! We have not one, but TWO Superstars to fill our final Speaker spot! Please welcome…

New York Times Bestselling Duo

Jon Klassen & Mac Barnett!

Jon and Mac have both been Superstar Speakers at previous Summit events! Inviting them to team up for a Superstar Session together seemed like the perfect way to celebrate 10 years of Picture Book Summit! This year, they help us tip the scales in our favor with…

Level Up Your Picture Book Game

Any good athlete these days studies championship moves. They dissect how the best in their field achieve greatness and they analyze their own performance to see how to up their game. Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett take us through close readings of several picture books—both their own and others’—to reveal why they work and how we can apply these prizewinning skills to our own manuscripts.

Get to know Jon Klassen & Mac Barnett:

JON KLASSEN is the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat. He is also the author and illustrator of The Rock from the Sky and The Skull. Originally from Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles.

MAC BARNETT is a New York Times best-selling author of many books for children, including 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. He lives in Oakland, California.

Together, Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen have collaborated on eight children’s books, which received a wide range of accolades and honors, including three E. B. White Read-Aloud Awards and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. They also both serve as executive producers of the Apple Original Shape Island, based on their Shapes Trilogy.

Click to check out just a few of Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett’s collaborations:

What an unbelievable lineup with Grace Lin, Meg Medina, and Jon Klassen & Mac Barnett! And, you can be there to take it all in LIVE on October 5th!

Picture Book Summit 2024

Perfect 10: Going for Picture Gold!

October 5, 2024

Early Bird Registration is NOW OPEN!

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