Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris

Magic City Books is thrilled to welcome bestselling author Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris to celebrate the release of their action-packed and hysterical graphic novel, The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip, their third book in the series based on the massively popular live cartoon.

The event will begin at 6:00 pm at the Van Trease Performing Arts Center for Education on the Southeast Campus of Tulsa Community College (10300 East 81st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133).

This will be an extra-special road show that includes a lively theatrical/musical performance with photo-ops and merchandise and is guaranteed to be a memorable night for local families. Prepare to laugh until your belly hurts! Attendees are HIGHLY encouraged to come dressed as their favorite First Cat character!

Tickets on sale now

Tickets for this event all include a signed copy of The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip ($16.99 value). There are two ticket types available for the event:

• Two seats and one book (this is the ticket to use for one adult and one child attending the event together)
• One seat and one book (this is the ticket to use for one person attending the event)

If you are an adult bringing two children (three total attendees), we recommend purchasing one of each ticket. If you plan to have two adults and one child attend, we recommend purchasing one of each ticket. If you plan to have two adults and two children attend, we recommend purchasing two of the “two seats” tickets.

You can add on copies of the other books in the series at the time of ticket purchase by selecting them from the Add-Ons menu.

All books will be available for pickup at the event. Magic City Books will have copies of the other books in the First Cat in Space series for sale at the event as well.

At the conclusion of the event, there will be an opportunity to meet Mac and Shawn and take a photo with them.

If you have a ticket and are unable to attend the event, you will be able to pick up your book at Magic City Books during normal business hours. The last day for ticket holders to pick up The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris is Friday, November 1, 2024. We will make an effort to have signed books available for pick up but can not guarantee a signed copy.

About The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip

Award-winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with the third volume in the bestselling The First Cat in Space graphic novel series! Prepare to meet an evil paperclip, space dinos, and another adorable bunny. Mac & Shawn also reveal their tried-and-true method of scoring free dessert at restaurants.

4.5 billion years ago . . . an AI paperclip named CheckMate was designed to fix grammatical errors. Exhausted of correcting “who” vs. “whom,” it concocted a plan to eliminate spelling errors once and for all. All life-forms would be turned into something beautiful, practical, perfect: a paperclip.

Thankfully, it was buried in the debris. Long forgotten . . . until it was accidentally freed. Now CheckMate has invaded every computer on Earth and is bent on fulfilling its dastardly plot. There’s only one trio who can save the day: the First Cat in Space, the Moon Queen, and LOZ 4000. But when CheckMate zoops First Cat’s spacesuit, our titular hero is now powerless. The fate of the world depends on…a regular little kitty cat.

Will everyone in the universe become school supplies?!

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages. His picture books include two Caldecott Honor-winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn. Among his other popular books are I Love You Like a Pig, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, and The Magic Word, illustrated by Elise Parsley. He lives in Oakland, California. You can visit him online at macbarnett.com.

Shawn Harris‘s first illustrated book, Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, received seven starred reviews, was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and a PW Best Book of the Year. His 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 works Have You Ever Seen a Flower? and Doing Business. Harris also occasionally moonlights as singer-songwriter of the popular Oakland, California, band the Matches, whose early 2000s album art sparked his illustration career.