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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 26 quotes by Jon Scieszka Jon Scieszka (SHCHEH-shka: which phonetically resembles ścieżka, the Polish word for "path") (born September 8, 1954) 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." In 2008, Scieszka was named the... Read full biography of Jon Scieszka → 1 2 Ctrl → I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just don't take that into account in schools on those things like... → 0 Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites.... → 0 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... → 0 Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to... → 0 My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests... → 0 For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world. 0 'Just looking at pictures' used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books... → 0 There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this... → 0 The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this... → 0 I remember telling my second-graders the basic 'Metamorphosis' story, saying, like, 'What about - what if a guy woke up one morning and... → 0 I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to... → 0 People say, 'All my son will read is 'Captain Underpants,' or 'My son is crazy about shark books, is that O.K.?' I want to be the... → 0 Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don't like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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