Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001IMTL7W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 201 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Part memoir, part scrapbook, this hilarious trip down memory lane provides a unique glimpse into the formation of a creative mind and a free spirit.. How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the result is Knucklehead
From School Library Journal Starred Review. Grade 3–6—Jon Scieszka is well-known for his quirky sense of humor and ability to connect with adolescent readers, especially boys, and was named the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His autobiography (Viking, 2008) is clearly aimed at his target audience and it hits an easy bulls-eye. All rights reserved. Listeners will laugh out loud and feel an uncontrollable urge to repeat bits of these stories to anyone who happens in range. Isn't that the best recommendation?—Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. There's plenty of bathroom humor here as well as wanton destruction. Scieszka reads his book, explaining about growing up in a family of six boys in Flint, Michigan. Peppering the nativity scene with army soldiers, peeing on the space
A Useful and Funny Book Elvin Ortiz This is a memoir that I enjoyed more than I expected. Being a member of the author's generation, I could relate to some of the cultural references of his early childhood. Comic book titles that I loved to read back then and some TV programs that I watched were part of his early childhood. I couldn't help but laughing at many of his small anecdotes. One of my favorites is when he decides to order plastic soldiers that were of. "enjoyable for us as a family to talk about then and now" according to Dux. Our nine year-old son read this and started asking my husband and me questions about our childhoods, so we each quickly read it as well. While we're significantly younger than the author and decidedly not Catholic, "Knucklehead" still provided a wonderful starting point for all of us to talk about stories from our childhoods, the nine year-old included. Accessible and heartwarming.. "I laughed 'til I cried!" according to F. Fisher. Do you find reading boring? Then you haven't read Jon Scieszka's Knucklehead! The award-winning author of The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and Squids Will Be Squids brings us his version of a memoir. Jon Scieszka is hilarious as he takes us on the adventures of his childhood! Jon is one of six, that's right 6 boys in the Scieszka family. Scieszka vividly describes the crazy adventures he and hi