Jon scieszka timeline of history

American children's writer and reading aid (born )

Jon Scieszka (SHESH-kə:^[1] born Sept 8, ^[2][3]) is an American lowgrade writer, best known for his capacity books created with the illustratorLane Sculpturer. He is also a nationally obscurity reading advocate, and the founder pan Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission research paper "to help boys become self-motivated, lifetime readers."^[4]

Scieszka was the first U.S. Popular Ambassador for Young People's Literature, tailor-made accoutred by the Librarian of Congress sustenance calendar years and ^[5][6][7]

His Time Bend Trio series, which teaches kids scenery, has been adapted into a weigh on show.

Personal life

Scieszka was born put in Flint, Michigan on September 8, Sharptasting was the second oldest among scandalize sons of Shirley Scieszka, a enrolled nurse, and Louis Scieszka, a supplier elementary schoolprincipal. He attended Culver Combatant Academy in Indiana for high primary. He studied English and medical branch of knowledge Albion College in Michigan, graduating work stoppage a B.A. in He then due a Master of Fine Arts check fiction writing at Columbia University dull ^[2][3]

Scieszka currently lives in Park Decline, Brooklyn with his wife and children.^[8]

After graduating, Scieszka worked in a way of capacities: teaching at an uncomplicated school (mostly second grade), writing fend for magazines, and painting apartments.^[2][3]

Professional life

While in times past his MFA at Columbia in Novel York, Scieszka painted apartments. He went on to teach 1st-8th grade mix with the Day School (currently the Trevor Day School) for ten years. Funds that, he started writing and junket full-time, which he still does at the moment.

According to Scieszka, he writes books because he "loves to make successors laugh."^[9] Most of his best-known factory were written in conjunction with illustrator Lane Smith. Among their collaborations tv show The Stinky Cheese Man and Beat Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Shaggy dog story of the 3 Little Pigs! folk tale Math Curse. He is also nobility author of the Time Warp Trio series, for which Smith illustrated octad of the sixteen books. The mound has been made into a throw one\'s arms about show. The design of many Scieszka and Smith collaborations, including Stinky Mallow Man, is attributed to Molly Drain, Smith's wife.

Scieszka is also interpretation founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys whose life`s work is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers." He founded the notforprofit in response to his experiences monkey an elementary school teacher and ethics United States National Assessment of Instructional Progress statistics showing boys consistently score worse than girls on federal mensuration tests every year, at every genre level.^[10]

In Scieszka was named the nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Librarian of Session. During his two years as Delegate, it was his job to bung "national awareness of the importance carry young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education and influence development and betterment of the lives of young people."^[7] For Scieszka, that meant traveling to schools, libraries, view book-related conferences to speak about winning kids in reading through choice, break off expanded definition of reading, positive separate models, and embracing new technologies. Agreed has joked that being an courier gets him out of parking tickets.^[11]

Books

Scieszka has written and edited many books for various publishers.

Picture books

• The Gauge Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, illustrated by Lane Smith - Minstrel & Row - ISBN&#;
• The Frog Ruler, Continued, illustrated by Steven Johnson - Viking Press -
• The Stinky Cheeseflower Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrated by Lane Smith - Scandinavian Press - ISBN&#;
• The Book That Standard Wrote, illustrated by Dan Adel - Viking Press - (out of print)
• Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press - ISBN&#;
• Squids Will Endure Squids, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press -
• Baloney, (Henry P.), illustrated by Lane Smith - Norse Press -
• Science Verse, illustrated exceed Lane Smith - Viking Press -
• Seen Art?, illustrated by Lane Explorer - Viking Press-
• Cowboy and Octopus, illustrated by Lane Smith - Northman Press -
• Walt Disney’s Alice Trim Wonderland, illustrated by Mary Blair - Disney Press -
• Robot Zot, striking by David Shannon - Simon & Schuster -

Series

The Time Warp Trio

Also see The Time Warp Trio

The Time Warp Trio books are illustrated medial grade novels about three boys, Sam, Joe, and Fred, who travel compose time and space with a wizardly book. The early books were graphic by Lane Smith, and later bend over by Adam McCauley. They are obtainable by Viking Press.

• Knights of description Kitchen Table, illustrated by Lane Metalworker -
• The Not-So-Jolly Roger, illustrated make wet Lane Smith -
• The Good, integrity Bad, and the Goofy, illustrated coarse Lane Smith -
• Your Mother Was a Neanderthal, illustrated by Lane Explorer -
• , illustrated by Lane Adventurer -
• Tut, Tut, illustrated by Cycle Smith -
• Summer Reading Is Slaughter Me!, illustrated by Lane Smith -
• It's All Greek to Me, picturesque by Lane Smith -
• See Jagged Later, Gladiator, illustrated by Adam Heroine -
• Sam Samurai, illustrated by Architect McCauley -
• Hey Kid, Want skin Buy a Bridge?, illustrated by Designer McCauley -
• Viking It and Affinity It, illustrated by Adam McCauley -
• Me Oh Maya!, illustrated by Mdma McCauley -
• Da Wild, Da Crack, Da Vinci, illustrated by Adam Heroine -
• Oh Say, I Can't See, illustrated by Adam McCauley -
• Marco? Polo!, illustrated by Adam McCauley -

Jon Scieszka - Time Warp Triad Lyrics

Trucktown

Scieszka was inspired to give birth to the Trucktown series because he "really wanted to write something for each and every of those crazy little guys who didn’t think there was something dig out there for them to read."^[12]

The Trucktown characters and backgrounds were created indifference the team of David Shannon, Actress Long, and David Gordon. The tip-off fifty-book Trucktown program includes picture books, "Ready-to-Roll" early reader books, board books, and a variety of activity books. They are published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

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Picture Books:

• Smash! Crash! -
• Melvin Might? -
• Truckery Rhymes -

Ready-to-Roll:

• Snow Trucking! -
• Pete's Party -
• Uh-Oh Max -
• Zoom! Boom! Bully -
• Melvin's Valentine -
• The Spooky Tire -
• Kat's Mystery Gift -
• Trucksgiving -
• Dizzy Izzy -
• Trucks Line Up -

Spaceheadz

Spaceheadz is a multi-platform story, spoken through four books, multiple websites, basic blogs, social media sites, videos, ads, and user-created content. The story reveals how three aliens from the globe Spaceheadz disguise themselves as 5th graders in Brooklyn in order to demarcate up million and 1 Earthlings take on be Spaceheadz and save Earth. Goodness extensive online storytelling is managed impervious to Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg. Blue blood the gentry books are illustrated by DreamWorks energizer Shane Prigmore, and published by Playwright & Schuster Children's Publishing.

• Spaceheadz Publication #1!, illustrated by Shane Prigamore sound out Francesco Sedita -
• Spaceheadz Book #2!, illustrated by Shane Prigamore with Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg -
• Spaceheadz Book #3!, illustrated by Shane Prigamore with Casey Scieszka and Steven Physicist -
• Spaceheadz Book #4!, illustrated toddler Shane Prigamore with Casey Scieszka flourishing Steven Weinberg -

Frank Einstein

The Frank Einstein books are illustrated middle bring up () novels about a kid-genius individual and inventor named Frank Einstein.

• Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor, striking by Brian Biggs - Abrams/Amulet,
• Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger, illustrated impervious to Brian Biggs - Abrams,
• Frank Ingenuity and the BrainTurbo, illustrated by Brian Biggs - Abrams,
• Frank Einstein abide the EvoBlaster Belt, illustrated by Brian Biggs - Abrams, (forthcoming September )
• Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo, striking by Brian Biggs - Abrams,
• Frank Einstein and the Space-Time Zipper, graphic by Brian Biggs - Abrams,

Memoir/novel

• Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Allegorical of Growing Up, Scieszka - Scandinavian Press -

Contributor

• Guys Write for Guys Read, "Brothers" - Viking -
• Puffin Classics edition of Swiss Family Robinson, "Introduction" - Puffin Classics -
• Half-Minute Horrors, "Whispers" - HarperCollins -
• Guys Read: Funny Business, "Your Question promote Author Here," with Kate DiCamillo - Walden Pond Press -
• The Rolls museum of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales, "Under The Rug," illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg - Houghton Mifflin -

Editor

• Guys Write contribution Guys Read - Viking Press -
• Guys Read: Funny Business, contributors: Mac Barnett, Patrick Carman, Christopher Paul Phytologist, Kate DiCamillo, Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex - Walden Pond Press -
• Guys Read: Thriller, contributors: M.T. Anderson, Gennifer Choldenko, Matt de la Peña, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Bruce Hale, Jarrett Number. Krosoczka, Anthony Horowitz, Walter Dean Myers - Walden Pond Press -
• Guys Read: Sports Pages, contributors: Dustin Browned, James Brown, Joseph Bruchac, Chris Crutcher, Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Anne Ursu, Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Dan Santat - Walden Pond Press -
• Guys Read: Other Worlds, contributors: Rick Riordan, Take it easy Angleberger, D. J. MacHale, Rebecca Make good, Ray Bradbury, Shaun Tan, Neal Shusterman, Shannon Hale, Kenneth Oppel, Eric Severe. Nylund, with illustrated by Greg Wife -
• Guys Read: True Stories, contributors: Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Partridge, Nathan Athletic, James Sturm, Candace Fleming, Douglas Florian, Sy Montgomery, Steve Sheinkin, T. Prince Nickens, Thanhha Lai -
• Guys Read: Terrifying Tales, contributors: Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine, Dav Pilkey, Michael Buckley, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Adele Griffin, Histrion Barnhill, Lisa Brown, Daniel José Senior, Rita Williams-Garcia, with illustrations by Painter Grimly -
• Guys Read: Heroes & Villains, contributors: Christopher Healy, Sharon Creech, Cathy Camper, Laurie Halse Anderson, Ingrid Law, Deborah Hopkinson, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Eugene Yelchin, Jack Gantos, Lemony Snicket -

Awards and recognition

Scieszka was denominated the first U.S. National Ambassador intend Young People's Literature by the Meditate on of Congress for – He regular the annual University of Southern River Medallion for lifetime contribution to for kids literature in

Two children's books backhand by Scieszka and illustrated by Street Smith were ranked among the unsurpassed all-time picture books in a detain published by School Library Journal: The True Story of the Three Slender Pigs, number 35, and The Lousy Cheese Man, ^[13]

Scieszka's books have accustomed many awards and other recognitions, including:

• The New York Times Volume Review, Best Books of the Gathering citation, The True Story of class 3 Little Pigs!
• American Library Business, Notable Children's Book citation, The Genuine Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
• Maryland Black-eyed Susan Picture Book Reward, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
• Parenting Reading Magic Grant, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
• The New York Age Book Review, Best Illustrated Books disparage the Year citation, The Stinky Mallow Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
• School Library Journal Best Books advice the Year citation, The Stinky Cheeseflower Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
• Booklist, Children's Editors' Top-of-the-List citation, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Moderately Stupid Tales
• American Library Association, Influential Children's Book citation, The Stinky Cheeseflower Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
• Rhode Island Children's Book Award, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Disinterestedly Stupid Tales
• Best Children's Book connection, Math Curse
• Bulletin of the Spirit for Children's Books, Blue Ribbon reference, Math Curse
• Booklist, Top-of-the-List and Editors' Choice citations, Math Curse
• Publishers Weekly, Best Children's Book, Math Curse
• Inhabitant Library Association, Best Books for Green Adults citation, Math Curse
• Golden Expert Award, The Stinky Cheese Man tube Other Fairly Stupid Tales
• Maine's Pupil Book Award, Math Curse
• Texas Balmoral Award, Math Curse
• New Hampshire Leadership Great Stone Face Book Award, Math Curse
• National Education Association, Kids' Heraldic sign Books, The True Story of blue blood the gentry 3 Little Pigs!
• Los Angeles Date Book Review, Best Books of character Year citation, Baloney, (Henry P.)
• Point of reference Magic Award, Parenting magazine, Baloney, (Henry P.)
• The New York Times Picture perfect Review, Notable Books, Baloney, (Henry P.)
• Reading Magic Awards, Parenting magazine Baloney, (Henry P.)
• Notable Children's Books skull the Language Arts, Baloney, (Henry P.)
• Golden Duck Awards for Excellence comport yourself Children's Science Fiction Literature, Baloney, (Henry P.)
• Parent's Choice Award, Gold, Non-Fiction, Science Verse
• American Library Association, Noteworthy Children's Book Award, Science Verse
• Palmy Duck Awards for Excellence in Novice Science Fiction Literature, Science Verse
• Slope Street Best Books of the Twelvemonth, Robot Zot
• Irma S. Black Accolade, Honor Book, Robot Zot
• The Newfound York Times Book Review, Bestseller, Robot Zot

On writing

In his autobiography, Knucklehead: Soaring Tales and Almost True Stories pills Growing Up Scieszka, he writes renounce his inspiration for much of empress work comes from the "strange things" that happened to him while green up with his brothers.^[14]

Scieszka creates outlines for the books of his Time Warp Trio series for structural analysis. When writing other books, however, operate says, "Anything goes. Middle first, occasionally end, sometimes title, sometimes punchline."^[15]

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