Sunrise Summer is a picture book by writer Matthew Swanson and illustrator Robbi Behr that celebrates self-confidence and empowerment, as a girl’s role changes in her family’s fishing expeditions. When a girl and her family travel four thousand miles from home, it’s not your typical summer vacation. Everything is different on the Alaskan tundra―where the grizzly bears roam and the sockeye salmon swim―including the rules. A girl can do things she wouldn’t, and couldn’t, do at home. She can wake up at midnight to work with her mom on a fishing crew. She can learn what it means to be an essential part of a team. She can become a braver, stronger, and ever-more capable version of herself. She can take her next big step. She’s ready for her first real sunrise. An Imprint Book

What Kind of Book is Sunrise Summer

Topics

summer Alaska hard work fishing science and nature self-esteem new experiences family life social themes family self-esteem and self-reliance travel vacations

Genres

fiction

Reviews

B is for Bookworm

4.75

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The Creatives Behind the Book

Author

Matthew Swanson

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are the author-illustrator, husband-wife duo behind Ten Thousand Stories; Babies Ruin Everything; Everywhere, Wonder, The Real McCoys; and more than sixty illustrated books for children and adults. They run two small publishing companies and a letter press shop out of their Maryland home/barn/studio, teach and speak on creativity and collaboration, and have four small-but-obstreperous children.

Illustrator

Robbi Behr

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are the author-illustrator,husband-wife duo behind Ten Thousand Stories; Babies Ruin Everything; Everywhere, Wonder, The Real McCoys; and more than sixty illustrated books for children and adults. They run twos mall publishing companies and a letterpress shop out of their Maryland home/barn/studio, teach and speak on creativity and collaboration, and have four small-but-obstreperous children.