Make Believe
- Author Mac Barnett
- Narrator Mac Barnett
- Publisher Leap
- Publish Date 11 June 2026
- Run Time 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Human growth and development, Self-help, personal development and practical advice.
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'A magnificent piece of writing - funny and sharp and true. Every adult should read it, whether or not they have a child. I loved it.' - Katherine Rundell
Make Believe is 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.
Mac Barnett, the beloved, bestselling children's author and U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, urges us to think expansively about the potential of children's books-and the particular brilliance of young readers:
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.
Barnett has published more than 60 children's books, which have been translated into 30+ languages and have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, winning many international prizes along the way. Make Believe is his 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.
Written with humor and academic rigor, Make Believe reads like a letter from one's smartest and funniest friend.
| Author | Mac Barnett |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Mac Barnett |
| Duration | 2 hours and 15 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781806173174 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Leap |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Human growth and development, Self-help, personal development and practical advice |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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