Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszkais an American children's writer, best known for picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and the founder of Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth8 September 1954
CountryUnited States of America
cheating book reading
Just looking at pictures used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading.
earthquakes two lunch
I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.
believe
I believe that all blogs should have at least one set of rhyming words. Just because. Does. Fuzz. Was.
kids readers trying
I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.