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Matt Tavares

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Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Matt Tavares was born in Boston, and grew up surrounded by books and reading. From the time he was very young, his mother read to him every night, and his family made countless trips to the public library. Years later, as a studio art major at Bates College, he rediscovered his love for picture books, and decided to try to make his own.

For his senior thesis project, Matt wrote and illustrated a story called Sebastian's Ball, which eventually became Zachary's Ball, Matt's first published picture book. Zachary's Ball went on to win a Massachusetts Book Award Honor, and was named one of Yankee Magazine's 40 Classic New England Children's Books.

Since then, Matt has published eighteen more books and has won several awards, including three Parent ...more

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I'm not going to officially shut this blog down, since people still seem to find their way to old posts and hopefully some of it is still helpful and interesting. But I pretty much never post anything on here anymore. So for more up-to-date updates from me, please visit www.tavaresbooks.com and follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Thanks!

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	Hoops: A Graphic Novel 4.31 avg rating — 2,409 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dasher 4.23 avg rating — 2,339 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red and Lulu 4.41 avg rating — 1,696 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Up Pedro: How the Martínez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues 4.24 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Babe Ruth 4.10 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas 4.05 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin 3.97 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Aaron's Dream 4.14 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dasher and the Polar Bear 4.23 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived 4.09 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“This is the best team we've faced all season. They're running some plays we're not used to seeing. But here's how we're going to beat them. We can wear them down. We can outrun them. Keep playing our game. We can do this.”
― Matt Tavares, Hoops: A Graphic Novel

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