Matthew Swanson
@writingmatthew
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Author of The Real McCoys, Cookie Chronicles, Babies Ruin Everything, Sunrise Summer, and Everywhere, Wonder. Barn dweller, Tundra Nanny, father of four.
Chestertown, MD
Joined May 2012
Thank you, @nypl for this incredible honor! So happy to share this list with @KSekouM, @loversdiction, @drawingrobbi, and @KidlitKat!
Hooray for our @nypl Best Books for Kids of 2021 middle-grade books!🎉 📚BEN YOKOYAMA AND THE COOKIE OF DOOM by @writingmatthew; illustrated by @drawingrobbi 📚BLACK BOY JOY edited by @KSekouM 📚THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AIDAN S. (AS TOLD TO HIS BROTHER) by @loversdiction
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Please do what @lisabrowndraws says. She is wise and would never lead you astray.
There is NO WAY I would live in a school bus but of course I'd donate to @drawingrobbi & @writingmatthew, who'll be taking that bus across the US visiting Title I elem. schools & giving them free books Join us? (not in the bus) @FirstBook @DanielHandler
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Found this sticker in my wallet just now, given to me by an inspiring friend who embodies this mantra in everything he does. Not sure I’ve ever encountered a more succinct and on-the-nose distillation of why we’re here and what we’re meant to be doing. @dpatil
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That delightful feeling you get when an author whose books you love likes your book, too. Thanks for the kind words, @bottomshelfbks!
We’re loving BEN YOKOYAMA AND THE COOKIE OF DOOM as our bedtime read. So hard to find a book that REALLY works for both the 9yo AND 6yo, but this one is PERFECT—such a great blend of fun text & illustrations throughout. 👏🏽 Thanks, @writingmatthew @drawingrobbi! @randomhousekids
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Baltimore friends, check out this amazing story walk of our picture book Everywhere, Wonder from now through May 8 at the Canton Branch!
Explore the wonders of our world with an outdoor StoryWalk® at the Canton Branch, featuring Everywhere, Wonder, written by @writingmatthew and @drawingrobbi! Drop by anytime from now through May 8 to walk through the story. https://t.co/CV0ZEueBUY
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So happy to find out book in such good company. Thanks for spreading the word, @mariapwalther! @drawingrobbi @arbiteroftaste @ImprintReads
Summer is right around the corner. Looking for read alouds about summertime adventures? Here's a pair of narratives both told from a girl's perspective. 📚 💛 🏕 🐟 #204Reads Jensredwagon @Candlewick
@CandlewickClass @writingmatthew @drawingrobbi @MacKidsBooks @MacKidsSL
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Oh wow! And what prime placement! Thanks, @PhoenixBooksVT! And you’re not so bad yourself, @jesslahey. @arbiteroftaste @MacKidsBooks
Spotted in the wild @PhoenixBooksVT: SUNRISE SUMMER, my favorite new picture book by @writingmatthew & @drawingrobbi.
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Join us today at 1:00 ET as we talk about our summer adventutes on the Alaskan tundra and how we made this book that tells the story. 
Virtual event alert! Join @drawingrobbi & @writingmatthew as they launch SUNRISE SUMMER, a beautiful picture book inspired by their annual trips to Alaska, on April 24th. Hosted by @covertocover_oh Register here! https://t.co/RwRXN31Wmu
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Come learn about commercial salmon fishing, off-grid living, and outhouse digging! We’ll also read our new book about all of the above.
🚨 Virtual launch event alert! Join @drawingrobbi & @writingmatthew as they launch SUNRISE SUMMER on Saturday 4/24, a beautiful picture book inspired by their annual family trips to Alaska to work as salmon fishers! 🐟 Register @covertocover_oh here: https://t.co/9y70fNrdQr
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Join us Saturday at 1pm ET as we talk about living off-grid, fishing on the tundra, and creating a book about our family’s adventures.
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Out today! Our new picture book Sunrise Summer chronicles the real-life story of our daughter's first summer working for our family's commercial salmon fishing operation on the Alaskan tundra. @ImprintReads @arbiteroftaste @andreabeaty @drawingrobbi
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@ drawingrobbi Wow, @Jarrett_Lerner! Thanks for the incredibly kind words. They mean so much,especially coming from you! @KidlitKat
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In which we chat with our good friends at @BrazosBookstore about bucket lists, vigilante humor, and our definitive book about porridge—which we'll be publishing as soon as the world is ready. @drawingrobbi #cookiechroniclesbook
https://t.co/rpkoShTo8o
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The first two Cookie Chronicles are fully baked and ready to come out of the oven. Get them while they’re hot!@KidlitKat @drawingrobbi
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So pleased to share that our picture book Sunrise Summer has been honored with a starred review from Publishers Weekly. @arbiteroftaste
★ Matthew Swanson (@writingmatthew) and Robbi Behr (@drawingrobbi) relay a family’s unconventional summer tradition in picture book SUNRISE SUMMER:
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Cookie Chronicles books 1 &2 are joining the family March 2! @drawingrobbi @KidlitKat #cookiechroniclesbook
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We will be there! Please join us.
Join me, @drawingrobbi & @writingmatthew tomorrow for a look at how they work together on a daily basis, what their workspace & work process looks like, & what support systems they've put in place to make sure work actually gets done with 4 kids around: https://t.co/oqaAB9KgTx
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Hello, Friends! @drawingrobbi and I will be talking creativity ans collaboration with the illustrious Jessica Abel on Jan 21! Join us!
Talking with the illustrator-author-married-with-4-kids duo Robbi Behr @drawingrobbi & Matthew Swanson @writingmatthew on Jan 21 about how they jumped from self-publishing to publishing w/ @MacMillanUSA! Join us for Ep. 3 of The Autonomous Creative here: https://t.co/xxfd9ApPQk
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The Cookie Chronicles are coming soon, friends. Thanks, @MsYingling for the kind words of welcome! @KidlitKat
@writingmatthew @drawingrobbi @AAKnopf Ben Yokoyama books (March 2021) are wonderfully formatted notebook novels!
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