Jon Scieszka is a very funny, irreverent writer. His well-loved books have made children laugh for several years. You may remember the Time Warp Trio series, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs from your younger days. He is such a prolific author and is always thinking about you and hoping you'll fall in love with reading just as he did.To write Guys Write For Guys Read, Jon asked over 80 authors and illustrators to tell him about their life and reading. Included are Brian Jacques author of the Redwall series, Anthony Horowitz author of the Alex Rider adventures, Eoin Colfer author of the Artemis Fowl books and many more. The proceeds from the sale of this book support Jon Scieszka's website he created just for boys - Guys Read. The website is also funny like Jon and let's guys find books that guys like to read, no matter your age. Check it out!
Recently, Jon published Knucklehead : Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka. You guessed it, this is another very funny, irreverent book. He has five brothers, Jon is the second oldest and they grew up in Flint, Michigan. I recently saw Jon at the 2008 National Book Festival in Washington, D. C. where he read from this book. He had the audience in stitches! Imagine growing up with all those brothers, no sisters, and the fun or trouble you could have. That was his life.
In this photo that I took of Jon at the 2008 National Book Festival, you can see that he is wearing a red, white, and blue ribbon with a medal around his neck. That weekend he had been presented with the very first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress! Congratulations Jon! Keep writing those wonderfully funny books we love to read.Reviewed by Mrs. Boehm
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