Books by Matthew Swanson and Complete Book Reviews
Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr. Chronicle, $19.95 (84p) ISBN 978-1-4521-1407-1
The problem with many graphic novels is not lack of quality but quantity; in short, they’re far too short. Readers will not complain about the brevity of this whimsical curiosity of a story machine, from the writer/illustrator couple Matthew Swanson
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Matthew Swanson, illus. by Robbi Behr. Macmillan/Imprint, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-08057-8
She’s precocious, has pigtails, and hates her new baby brother. You know the type—she stars in countless stories of sibling displacement. “Why am I the only one who sees the truth? We need a better baby!!” she shouts midway through this version from
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Matthew Swanson, illus. by Robbi Behr. Imprint, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-250-08795-9
From the husband-and-wife team behind Babies Ruin Everything comes a sweeping exploration of imagination, appreciation, and possibility. A curly-haired boy with brown skin invites children to follow his lead and find their own story, one that lies...
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Matthew Swanson, illus. by Robbi Behr. Imprint, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-09852-8
Swanson and Behr—the husband-wife creators of Everywhere, Wonder and Babies Ruin Everything—track a delightfully topsy-turvy day at Tiddlywhump Elementary in this heavily illustrated and impressively designed story. Their heroine is the hugely self-c
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Matthew Swanson, illus. by Robbi Behr. Imprint, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-250-08058-5
Carrying on an unconventional family tradition that began in illustrator Behr’s childhood, the married book creators (the Real McCoys series) and their kids travel 4,000 miles every summer to fish for sockeye salmon in a remote part of Alaska called
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