Blog Challenge Day One: Jon Scieszka

Here we go with the first blog challenge.

Jon Scieszka is an author I love to share with the boys.  He is funny, irreverent, and appeals to boys of all ages.  He's also an important author for the boys to know about.  He's a huge proponent for boys and literacy and the founder of the Guys Read website.


I read Knucklehead, his autobiography, with the 4th grade.  They love the mischief and hijinks he describes from his childhood.  (Just ask any 4th grader about "crossing swords"!)  I then introduce the Guys Read website.  At this point the boys consider Mr. Scieszka on their side, a teammate, one of them, and are eager to read any and everything he's written.  From there we branch out into the Guys Read anthologies which is a wonderful way to introduce other boy friendly authors.

Whenever we have some spare time we revisit his picture books.  You can never read The Stinky Cheese Man or The True Story of the Three Little Pigs too times!