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Jon Scieszka (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ ʃ k ə / SHESH-kə: born September 8, 1954) is an American children's writer, best known for his picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith.
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Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan on September 8, 1954. It was a Wednesday. Right around lunchtime. He is the second-oldest, and nicest, of six Scieszka boys. No girls. His mother, Shirley, worked as a registered nurse. His dad, Louis, was an elementary school principal at Freeman Elementary.
Jon Scieszka, American children’s author and educator perhaps best known for his book The Stinky Cheese Man, and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (1992), which was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Learn more about Scieszka’s life and career, including his other notable works.
A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader. Commissioned and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a brain-bending collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides
Jon Scieszka is 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."
Learn about Jon Scieszka, a literacy advocate and literary heir to Dr. Seuss, who writes books for kids and runs Guys Read program. Find out his views on boys' reading, his influences, his ideas, and his new projects.
