This is the Daily Minute for May 3, 2022. In which gray and black have given way to white and blue.
The Daily Minute: 5.3.22
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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.
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.
In Which Robbi is Not Displeased With Her Early Efforts On the Mural
Here is the Daily Minute for April 20, 2023. In this episode, Robbi begins the (long and intensive) process of transferring her mural design from her tablet to the bus. Spoiler alert: It goes surprisingly well!
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...
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...
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:
The Daily Minute: 9.30.23
In which Robbi has loved her best life and we are one child shy of liberation.
The Daily Minute: 9.29.23
In which the bus is heading to Cox Diesel Repair and Fabrication for a tuneup.
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According to Goji, it’s Bring Your Dog to Work Day. He’s trying so hard, but his stories are dull, with tedious descriptions of sniffing and snorting, endless dull stretches of napping, and inevitably concluding with the protagonist consuming large bowls of tasteless brown nuggets with reckless disregard for common politeness or personal well-being. Also, he’s terrible at typing.
The Daily Minute: 9.18.23
In which Robbi is sized up by her secret admirer.