Educator Profiles Posts
Meet K.D. Jones of Radley Elementary in East Helena, Montana.

Meet K.D. Jones of Radley Elementary in East Helena, Montana.

K.D. Jones has been a school library media specialist for 17 years now, and will host our visit to Radley Elementary in May of 2023! She kindly took a few minutes to answer a few questions about her work, her colleagues, and the students of Radley Elementary. WHAT DO...

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Meet Jessica O’Donel of McKinley Elementary in Beaverton, Oregon

Meet Jessica O’Donel of McKinley Elementary in Beaverton, Oregon

We’re pleased to introduce you to Jessica O’Donel. Jessica is an ESL teacher of 14 years at McKinley Elementary in Beaverton, OR. She’ll be our host when the bus rolls through Beaverton in May of 2023. We asked her to tell us a bit about herself, her school, and her...

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Meet Melinda Harris and Emily Prater

Meet Melinda Harris and Emily Prater

Meet dyslexia therapist Melinda Harris and media specialist Emily Prater. They will be our hosts at Maynard Elementary School when the bus rolls through Maynard, Arkansas, in January 2023. Melinda and Emily took a few minutes to tell us about themselves, their school,...

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Meet Lisa Marks of Ludlow Elementary in Ludlow, Vermont

Meet Lisa Marks of Ludlow Elementary in Ludlow, Vermont

Meet Lisa Marks. She's a fourth grade teacher of 22 years and our host at Ludlow Elementary School in Ludlow, Vermont—one of the first stops on the Busload of Books Tour. Lisa was kind enough to tell us a bit more about herself and the Ludlow community. WHAT GETS YOU...

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Meet Carly Imhoff from the Ashford School in Ashford, Connecticut

Meet Carly Imhoff from the Ashford School in Ashford, Connecticut

Meet Dr. Carly Imhoff, a science teacher of 11 years and devoted lover of books. She’ll be our host this September at Ashford School of Ashford, CT—one of the first schools we’ll be visiting on the Busload of Books Tour. Carly took a few minutes to tell us a bit about...

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Meet Megan Mann of Jefferson Elementary in Hammond, Indiana

Meet Megan Mann of Jefferson Elementary in Hammond, Indiana

We're delighted to introduce you to Megan Mann. Megan is a media tech specialist who has spent the past five years connecting kids with books at Jefferson Elementary in Hammond, Indiana. She’ll be our host when the bus stops by Jefferson next October. Megan was kind...

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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:

The Daily Minute: 11.28.23
In which Robbi lets us peek into her process, which no longer includes great heaps of sugary snacks.
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The Daily Minute: 11.27.23
In which Robbi will be drawing all night on a deadline, and Matthew is heading to the sleeping loft.
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Slow start over here this morning. ...

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The Daily Minute: 11.16.23
In which we take a soggy tromp through Tilghman Neck.
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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!