The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7

New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris team up for a hilarious full-color, middle grade, POB graphic novel adventure series following the adventures of First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen as they race to save the moon from the hungry Rat King.

Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON!There’s only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon’s savior and Earth’s last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space!Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail-clipping robot, the first cat in space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world.  Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time? Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe? And will the first cat in space ever eat some pizza?The massively popular Live Cartoons sensation from New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris was originally an Instagram show with puppetry, comics, and music, recorded live over Zoom to entertain families stuck at home during quarantine. The hit series has now been expanded and transformed into a hysterical graphic novel series—perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney.

About the Author

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of stories for children. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages and sold more than three million copies worldwide. Mac’s picture books include two Caldecott Honor–winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, which also won the E. B White Read-Aloud Award, and Extra Yarn, which won both the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award. Leo: A Ghost Story, illustrated by Christian Robinson, Just Because, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, and The Skunk, illustrated by Patrick McDonnell were all named Best Illustrated Books by The New York Times. Mac's novels include the Mac B., Kid Spy books, the Brixton Brothers mysteries, and the Terrible Two series.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 Book, 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, CA band the Matches, whose early 2000s album art sparked his illustration career.