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Photograph of Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett with book cover of The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Three Billy Goats Gruff with Author Mac Barnett & Illustrator Jon Klassen

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2022-10-23 13:00:00 2022-10-23 14:00:00 America/Los_Angeles The Three Billy Goats Gruff with Author Mac Barnett & Illustrator Jon Klassen Renowned, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling duo, MAC BARNETT and JON KLASSEN, will present the first in their groundbreaking new collection of fractured Fairy Tale picture books—a hilarious twist on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Manhattan Beach Library -

Sunday, October 23
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-10-23 13:00:00 2022-10-23 14:00:00 America/Los_Angeles The Three Billy Goats Gruff with Author Mac Barnett & Illustrator Jon Klassen Renowned, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling duo, MAC BARNETT and JON KLASSEN, will present the first in their groundbreaking new collection of fractured Fairy Tale picture books—a hilarious twist on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Manhattan Beach Library -

Renowned, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling duo, MAC BARNETT and JON KLASSEN, will present the first in their groundbreaking new collection of fractured Fairy Tale picture books—a hilarious twist on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Told with pitch perfect timing, hilarious detail, and Barnett's signature narrator voice, and brought to stunning visual life with Klassen’s brilliantly restrained illustrations, this is Billy Goats Gruff as never before. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is recommended for readers ages 4 - 8. 

Books will be on sale during the event in partnership with Pages: A Bookstore. 

Mac Barnett is the New York Times bestselling author of many picture books, including The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, the New York Times bestselling The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, the Caldecott Honor Book and E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winner Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, and the Caldecott Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winner Extra Yarn. He is also the coauthor of the bestselling Terrible Two series with Jory John. Mac lives in Oakland, California. 

Jon Klassen is an animator and Governor General's Award-winning creator of children's books. His book This is Not My Hat won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenway Medal, making Jon the first person to win both awards for the same work. Jon was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides in Los Angeles.

This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. 

AGE GROUP: | Children | All Ages | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |

TAGS: | Storytelling | Book Sale | Book Reading | Author Talk |

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Manhattan Beach Library was started as a subscription library in 1910 by the Neptunian Women's Club of Manhattan Beach.

The library became part of LA County Library in January 1915, making it one of the oldest continuing libraries in the county system. The library moved into a separate building in 1957 and to its current location in 1975. In 2013, construction began on a new more modern building that would meet the needs of the 35,000 residents in the 3.87 square mile community.

On May 1, 2015 the new 21,500 square foot building designed by architectural firm Johnson Favaro opened. It features a two-story modern design with panoramic ocean views, an interactive children's exhibit, fireplace, automated materials handling system, and self-check machines

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