Season 9, Episode 196 The Bus Stops Here with guests Robbi Behr and Matthew Swanson

This week is one of the funniest shows we’ve done simply because our guests are delightful. In fact this show may be just a tad longer than normal because we almost couldn’t bear to cut any of our conversation out. They are the author/illustrator and husband/wife team of Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr whose Cookie Chronicles books are a big hit among the 8-12 year old crowd, although, honestly, their stuff is good no matter how old you are.

They recently completed a year long cross-country trip called the Busload of Books Tour in a remodeled school bus with their four kids and grumpy dog to do school visits to Title I schools in the continental United States. They teamed up with a nonprofit to fund the trip and provide books for children. We talk with Matthew and Robbi about their cross-country trip, what “thing” they collected along the way, and Robbi’s favorite scent that you can’t buy.

Books Mentioned In this Episode:

1- Ben Yokohama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles series) by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

2- The Real McCoys by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

3- Babies Ruin Everything by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

4- Sunrise Summer by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

5- Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice by Vanessa Zoltan

6- Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

7- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russian Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

8- Dirty Birds by Morgan Murray

9- Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

5 Star Read Recommended by a Fellow Book Lover-
Liltle Thieves by Margaret Owen recommended by Amber @amber.always.reading

Podcasts mentioned--
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast

Websites mentioned--
Fireball.imo.net

You can find our guests at their website robbiandmatthew.com/