Kid-Submitted Book Review: Madeleine Cox

The Real McCoys won’t be published for another week or so, but some lucky kids got an early peek by winning a giveaway sponsored by Macmillan and Goodreads. One such kid is Madeleine Cox, who read the book and felt compelled to weigh in. Without further ado, we...

Gratitude

One of the great pleasures of publishing a book is the chance to plant a dedication in the front, to express the gratitude you feel to the people whose contributions made that book possible, through help or inspiration, and oftentimes both. We dedicated Babies Ruin...

An Illustrator’s Guide to Nocturnal Productivity

Robbi (she who illustrates The Real McCoys series) is a raccoon. By which I mean, she comes alive when the sun sets and kicks into full gear when the most of us are ready to climb into bed. Her natural creative sweet spot is 10:00pm -2:00am. We’ve known this for...

Please? (And thank you!)

Hello, friends. Our first heavily illustrated, beautifully printed, funny and heart-warming whodunnit of a kid novel The Real McCoys comes out in two short weeks. We are extremely excited but are also trying to do whatever we can to help this book we love find its way...

Questions From a Reader – Isabel

Dear Matthew, I was wondering how did you come up with the idea to write The Real McCoys? And when you started writing it did you know who was going to be the villain? Isabel —— Hello, Isabel, So nice to hear from you. And thank you for your question. I...

First Sip of Moxie

Matthew Swanson here. I’m the author of The Real McCoys series, which recounts the adventures of an indomitable ten-year-old named Moxie and her complement of a little brother Milton. I started writing the first book suddenly one day, chasing down a voice that...