Literacy Posts
The Problem of 1-to-300

The Problem of 1-to-300

Robbi here. I'm currently working on updating our Busload of Books Tour website so it's a more robust place that will help us tell the story of the trip. For the record, Matthew and I are not literacy experts, we are not educators, we are not deeply informed on all...

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The Day She Decided to Become a Writer

The Day She Decided to Become a Writer

Since launching the tour, we've been getting messages from friends sharing stories of the impact author visits had on their own development as readers or creators. I especially like this story from our friend Danielle: “When I was six years old, the author of a...

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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:

Here’s what’s next. A mere 2,134 miles remain between Squamish and Anchorage. In any other year, this would be the adventure and not an addendum.

We have pasta and firewood, a pound of salami and two cases of Coke. Our water and gas tanks are full.

Robbi did this drive as a kid, crammed in the back of a pickup with her sister and brother. Back then the roads weren’t paved and she spent the whole trip eating dust. Our drive will be luxurious in comparison.

So long for now—or not, depending on the whims of the rural Canadian Internet.

Anchorage or bust.

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The Daily Minute: 6.4.23
In which Robbi’s back-up Coca Cola has a rather nice view.

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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!