# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mac Barnett: Make Believe - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for a release event with New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett, discussing his new book MAKE BELIEVE.About this EventThis event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.Can’t make the event? ACCESSIBILITY:Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator.ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by Apr. 24 to request.Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com---------------------------------------------------------------------A book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives.Make Believe is bestselling children’s author Mac Barnett’s incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children’s literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure.What if children are a great audience for art?What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults?What if humans’ ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood?Well, then we’d better do our best to make some good kids’ books.Written with humor and academic rigor, Make Believe reads like a letter from your smartest and funniest friend. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/db484040-2994-11f1-9b78-2b8de5d122b0-rimg-w542-h740-dc481708-gmir.jpg Photo credit: Chris BlackMac Barnett is the ninth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader. He’s a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children and the writer, with Jon Klassen, of Looking at Picture Books, a newsletter for adults about how picture books work. Barnett’s work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. His 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, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He lives in Oakland, California. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/mac-barnett-make-believe/100001984634486173 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmac-barnett-make-believe-tickets-1984634486173 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 13.61, max: 25.22, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Strand Book Store - **lat**: 40.73325150000001 - **long**: -73.99095319999999 - **full address**: Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The Strand Book Store (https://allevents.in/org/the-strand-book-store/22544066) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/c60e1f9ddaa8ca4998ec7525b5f6c8b7e443f756e6be86b4b2d13fda2729494c-rimg-w1200-h628-dcdf1931-gmir.png?v=1774585487 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/cd753e66a0a6f1e3779f2e44680139ec60ca72207aa4ad0be4e7cc2c3d55eadf-rimg-w400-h400-dcdf1931-gmir.png?v=1774585486 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 13.61 up to 25.22 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Strand Book Store - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, kids, storytelling - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Mac Barnett: Make Believe ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Mac Barnett: Make Believe", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/c60e1f9ddaa8ca4998ec7525b5f6c8b7e443f756e6be86b4b2d13fda2729494c-rimg-w1200-h628-dcdf1931-gmir.png?v=1774585487", "startDate": "2026-05-08T19:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-05-08T20:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mac-barnett-make-believe/100001984634486173", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Strand Book Store", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "828 Broadway", "postalCode": "10003", "addressLocality": "New York", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.73325150000001", "longitude": "-73.99095319999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for a release event with New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett, discussing his new book MAKE BELIEVE.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-27", "availabilityEnds": "2026-05-08T20:30:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-27", "lowPrice": "13.61", "highPrice": "25.22", "price": "13.61", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mac-barnett-make-believe/100001984634486173" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mac-barnett-make-believe/100001984634486173", "price": "25.22", "name": "General Admission + Copy of MAKE BELIEVE" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-27", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mac-barnett-make-believe/100001984634486173", "price": "13.61", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Strand Book Store", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-strand-book-store/22544066", "description": "Strand Book Storewas born in 1927 on Fourth Avenue on what was then called “Book Row,” an area that covered six city blocks and housed forty-eight bookstores. 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