There Is No School in the Future

There Is No School in the Future

Grades Preschool – 3
Ages 4–8

From the national bestselling creators of The Future Book comes a hilarious back-to-school read-aloud that gives readers a glimpse into the future.

There is no school in the future.

That’s right! No school. In the future, kids go to SLOOL. And SLOOL is way different. Study up, because the future contains brand new slool supplies, slool subjects, and slool traditions you ought to know!

Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris are back with another sidesplitting story from the future, packed with all-new vocabulary from tomorrow that kids will love to say today.

ISBN 9798217033201 (Hardcover)
Published on Jun 29, 2027
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 40
Dimensions 8 x 11
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3

ISBN 9798217033218 (Hardcover Library Binding)
Published on Jun 29, 2027
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 40
Dimensions 8 x 11
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3

ISBN 9798217033225 (Ebook)
Published on Jun 29, 2027
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 40
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3

ISBN 9798217546893 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Jun 29, 2027
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3

Mac Barnett

MAC BARNETT, the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has sold more than five 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, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Zilveren Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of the Looking at Picture Books Substack, as well as Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their bestselling Shapes series of picture books. Mac lives in Oakland, California.

Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris is an award-winning creator of books for kids. His authorial debut, Have You Ever Seen A Flower, was called a “stunning tour de force…” by The New York Times, and was the recipient of a Caldecott Honor. The National Museum of Wildlife Art awarded Shawn’s cut-paper art in A Polar Bear in the Snow (by Mac Barnett) the Bull-Bransom Award for excellence in the field of children’s book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. Harris has illustrated a number of other books, including Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, and Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy. Shawn lives in Northern California, where he also likes to write songs, surf, and play racquetball.

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