Tavares, Matt (1975 - )

Genre: Children's Literature, Illustrator

Award-winning author/illustrator Matt Tavares was born in Boston and grew up in Winchester, MA. He graduated from Bates College where he wrote and illustrated his first book for his senior thesis. He lives in Ogunquit, ME.

Selected Bibliography

Author/Illustrator

  • Oliver's Game (2004)
  • Mudball (2005)
  • Henry Aaron's Dream (2010)
  • There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived (2012)
  • Becoming Babe Ruth (2013)
  • Growing Up Pedro (2015)
  • Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures Of The Great Blondin [2016]
  • Red and Lulu (2017)
  • Dasher(/cite> (2019)

Illustrator

  • Jack and the Beanstalk by E. Nesbit
  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas; or, Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas [by Clement Clarke Moore] (2006)
  • Iron Hans : a Grimm's Fairy Tale retold by Stephen Mitchell (2007)
  • Lady Liberty : a Biography by Doreen Rappaport (2008)
  • The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup (2009)
  • Over The River And Through The Wood: The New England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day by L. Maria Child (2011)
  • Helen's Big World: The Life Of Helen Keller Written By Doreen Rappaport (c2012)
  • Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, And Very, Very Loud Celebration Of Peace by Alicia Potter (2014)
  • Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, The First Woman Pilot by Matthew Clark Smith [2017]
  • A Ben Of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood Of Benjamin Franklin by Michael J. Rosen (2020)