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Summer Reads | LOC Youth Ambassador | Mac Barnett

PBS Books celebrates your love of books and introduces you to best-selling authors. We connect you to the written word through book fairs and unique events around the country.

Summer Reads | LOC Youth Ambassador | Mac Barnett

Season 2025 Episode 30 | 39m 28s

Join PBS Books for a joyful and insightful conversation with Mac Barnett, the 2025–2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Known for his witty, wonder-filled stories like Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath, Mac shares how picture books inspire imagination, empathy, and lifelong reading. With humor and heart, Mac celebrates the power of storytelling.

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