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The Daily Minute: 5.2.22

The Daily Minute: 5.2.22

Here's the Daily Minute for May 2, 2022. In which the mural line work is 99% complete, and we invite you to submit ideas for the lone remaining bare patch.

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The Daily Minute: 5.1.22

The Daily Minute: 5.1.22

Here is the Daily Minute for May 1, 2022 In which we show you how Robbi’s fancy mural-making software works—and give you a progress report.

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Our Visit to Garnet Elementary

Our Visit to Garnet Elementary

Here's the Daily Minute for April 29, 2022 Today we spent the day at Garnet Elementary School, where Robbi spent her elementary years, Alden and Kato are recent graduates, and Augie is currently a fourth grader, We had breakfast with the pre-K kids, talked about...

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Announcing the Busload of Books Tour!

Announcing the Busload of Books Tour!

We (and the kids) are going to spend the 2022-2023 school year on the ultimate road trip— living in a tiny home school bus, visiting Title I elementary schools in all 50 states, doing presentations on creativity and collaboration, and handing out 25,000 free books to...

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The Busload of Books Tour is a year-long project to promote literacy and raise awareness of the challenges facing our nation’s public schools.

Author/illustrator duo Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr (that’s us) and our four kids will spend the 2022-2023 school year traveling the country in a school bus/tiny home, visiting Title I schools in all 50 states (plus DC), and giving away 25,000 hardcover books to students and teachers from underserved communities.

As we travel, we will be blogging, vlogging and posting frequently to social media. All of our content will be appropriate for bringing families and students along on our ultimate road trip.

The latest on Instagram:

In which we recount tales of triumph and woe on the byways of Kansas. ...

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The Daily Minute: 3.29.23
In which we get up close and personal with a pack of peckish lorikeets.

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Whoever you are, take your seat on the bus!

Our adventure is your adventure. Our country is your country, too. Follow along with us!