The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza: A Graphic Novel [Paperback]

Ridiculously fun and brilliantly illustrated.” —Dav Pilkey, creator of Dog Man and Captain Underpants

As seen on The TODAY Show!New York Timesbestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popularThe First Cat in Space Ate Pizzalive cartoon into an action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series—perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney. A Kids' Indie Next List Pick, an Indie Bestseller, and a Junior Library Guild Selection!

Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating theMOON!

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? 

Praise forA Polar Bear in the Snow: ★ “Mesmerizing.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A hilarious graphic novel.”  -New York Times

Readers looking for the outer space high jinks and gentle humor of Brockington’s Catstronauts and the imaginative and fantastical worldbuilding of Andrews’s This Was Our Pact need look no further than this laugh-out-loud tale of the first cat in space. -School Library Journal (starred review)

In full, vivid color, the loose cartoon style exudes an infectious glee, flawlessly matching BarlCÓ