Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Fordham University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and from Boston University in 1971 with a Master of Arts degree in anthropology. He studied to become a Jesuit priest, but decided he would rather work with children after jobs at orphanages and daycare centers. In 1973, he received a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University. In 1975 he moved to Canada to work at the preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. He also taught in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and as an assistant professor. In Guelph he was encouraged to publish the many stories he made up for the children he worked with. Munsch's wife delivered two stillborn babies in 1979 and 1980. Out of the tragedy, he produced one of his best-known books, Love You Forever. This book was listed fourth on the 2001 Publishers Weekly All-Time Best selling Children's Books list for paperbacks at 6,970,000 copies (not including the 1,049,000 hardcover copies). The Munsches have since become adoptive parents of Julie, Andrew and Tyya (see them all in Something Good!) Munsch has obsessive-compulsive disorder and has also suffered from manic depression. In August 2008, Munsch suffered a stroke that affected his ability to speak in normal sentences. He has recovered enough that he is able to perform live, but has put his writing career on hold until he is fully recovered.
Series
Books
Hugs
2014
The Boy in the Drawer
1982
More Pies!
2002
Blackflies
2017
Teamwork
2020
Swamp Water
2013
Too Much Stuff!
2010
Kiss Me, I'm Perfect!
2008
Marvellous Munsch!
A Robert Munsch Collection
2016
Makeup Mess
2001
Much More Munsch!
A Robert Munsch Collection
2007
Get Out Of Bed!
1998
School Rules!
2019
Braids
2009
Munsch Mini-Treasury Three
2014
Baseball Bats for Christmas
1993
Munsch Mini-Treasury Two
2010
Alligator Baby
1997
Munsch More!
2004
Roar!
2009
Finding Christmas
2012
Think Big!
2021
Deep Snow
2006
Mortimer
1983
Mmm, Cookies!
2000
I Can Fix It!
2021
Look at Me!
2008
Love You Forever
1986
The Munschworks Grand Treasury
2001
Something Good
1990
Ribbon Rescue
1999
Moose!
2011
Show and Tell
1991
The Dark
1979
Mud Puddle
1979
Classic Munsch ABC
2018
Munschworks 4
The Fourth Munsch Treasury
2002
It's My Room!
2012
50 Below Zero
1988
Classic Munsch 123
2019
Just One Goal!
2008
Stephanie's Ponytail
1996
Give Me Back My Dad!
2011
Aaron's Hair
2000
Where is Gah-Ning?
1994
The Paper Bag Princess
The Story Behind the Story
2005
No Clean Clothes
2009
Classic Munsch Moods
2019
Munsch Mini-Treasury One
2010
Pigs
1985
Good Families Don't
1990
Sounds Like Christmas
2019
Moira's Birthday
1989
Munsch Mania!
2013
Wait and See
1993
Up, Up, Down!
2001
Bear for Breakfast
2019
Boo!
2004
GIANT Or Waiting for the Thursday Boat
1989
Munschworks 2
The Second Munsch Treasury
1999
We Share Everything!
1999
Zoom!
2002
Jonathan Cleaned Up - Then He Heard a Sound
Or Blackberry Subway Jam
1981
Pyjama Day!
2014
So Much Snow!
2016
Millicent and the Wind
1988
A Promise Is a Promise
1988
I'm So Embarrassed
2006
I Have to Go!
1986
Down the Drain!
2009
Purple, Green and Yellow
1992
The Fire Station
1982
Get Me Another One
1992
Munschworks 3
The Third Munsch Treasury
2000
Seeing Red
2013
David's Father
1983
Thomas' Snowsuit
1985
Moving Day!
2018
Andrew's Loose Tooth
1998
Class Clown
2009
Mad About Munsch!
A Robert Munsch Collection
2010
The Paper Bag Princess
1980
Ready, Set, Go!
2015
Leaves!
2022
Munschworks
1998
The Enormous Suitcase
2017
Put Me in a Book!
2010
Lighthouse
A Story Of Remembrance
2003
From Far Away
1995
Playhouse
2003
Angela's Airplane
1988
Smelly Socks
2004
The Sand Castle Contest
2005
Murmel, Murmel, Murmel
1982
