Now I See Spring: One Of Four Seasonal Baby Board Books From A Multi-Award Winning, New York Times Bestselling Duo

About the author

Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 60 children's books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Extra Yarn, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? and the Shapes series, all illustrated by Jon Klassen; Just Because illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; A Polar Bear in the Snow illustrated by Shawn Harris; John's Turn illustrated by Kate Berube, as well as the Mac B., Kid Spy series an d The First Cat in Space graphic novels. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Mac's books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and several international prizes. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Mac was named the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress. His website is macbarnett.com and his Instagram handle is @macbarnett. Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling 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, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year. He is the creator of the Your Places board book series; the picture book The Rock from the Sky; illustrated fiction book The Skull; and he is the illustrator of Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Triangle, Square, and Circle, all written by Mac Barnett. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles. Find him on Instagram as @burstofbeaden.

Jon Klassen