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Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka is the creator of Trucktown, including the New York Times bestselling Smash, Crash!, and the author of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, the Time Warp Trio series, Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Man, and many other books that... Read full bio

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Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. Well, I think I would have to say
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    1. Author Jon Scieszka Wishes He Had This Talent
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    2. See the New Trailer Jon Scieszka's New Book Spaceheadz!
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    3. Children's Author Jon Scieszka Discusses the Inspirations Behind Trucktown
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    4. Children's Author Jon Scieszka: Off The Shelf
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    5. Author Jon Scieszka Talks About Spoonfuls of Stories
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    6. Children's Author Jon Scieszka Reads from Truckery Rhymes
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December 2, 2008
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November 17, 2008
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Battle Bunny will be released on October 22, 2013 in eBook Fixed Layout, eBook
May 17, 2013
Battle Bunny will be released on October 22, 2013 in Hardcover, Paper Over Board, eBook
May 17, 2013
SPHDZ 4 Life! will be released on October 01, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
May 16, 2013
The All-Purpose SPHDZ Boxed Set will be released on October 01, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 13, 2013
Apr 11, 2013
News:
Truckery Rhymes has won an award
Feb 12, 2013
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Battle Bunny
Jan 08, 2013
News:
SPHDZ Book #1! has won an award
Oct 12, 2012
News:
SPHDZ Book #1! has won an award
Oct 12, 2012
News:
SPHDZ Book #1! has won an award
Oct 12, 2012
SPHDZ Book #3! is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
SPHDZ Book #3! will be released on April 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
Smash!Crash! will be released on January 24, 2012 in
Jan 24, 2012
Smash!Crash! is now available in
Jan 24, 2012
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Chapter 1 from SPHDZ Book #3!
Sep 21, 2011
SPHDZ Book #3! will be released on September 20, 2011 in Hardcover
Sep 20, 2011

Jon Scieszka Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Do I Get More Than 8 Words? Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. ZOOOOOM! SMASH! CRASH! BAM! Boop. We did it! Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Eenie meanie mynie mo. If you see Big Rig, you should go. He will chase you. Don't be slow. Eenie meanie mynie . . .MO! Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. Pete! Stop dumping dirt on us! Dan said he liked to dump dirt the most. So I'm helping. You are not helping. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. VRROOOOM! VROOOOOM! SCCREEEEEEEEEECH! A perfect spin out! Learn more about Jon Scieszka

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Montgomery Village Patch, May 16, 2013
...and Mark Goodman!   Our lineup of children's and teen authors is simply amazing! Walter Dean Myers, Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett, and Maggie Stiefvater. It's a dream list! I'm looking forward to meeting novelists Ben Percy and Adam Mansbach, Jami...
Gazette.net, May 15, 2013
...on a panel together at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. Several panels are dedicated to children’s books. Author Jon Scieszka, whose books include “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales”...
Gazette.net, May 15, 2013
...The 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers, will be joined by former ambassador Jon Scieszka. National Book Award finalists and Newbery Honor authors will also be part of the Children’s Village at the festival....
The Advocate, May 14, 2013
...for the last meeting of the school year. This month’s selection, Summer Reading is Killing Me by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, follows the wacky, time-traveling antics of the Time Warp Trio through an action-packed literary adventure. For more...
Montgomery Village Patch, May 2, 2013
...the ‘80s – Natalie Hopkinson, Dave Ungrady “Astronaut Academy” – Dave Roman Picture Book Fun – Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka 1:15 p.m.–2:05 p.m. Mystery Master – Phillip Margolin Urban Fiction – Candice Dow, Kia Dupree ...
Washingtonian.com, May 2, 2013
...events. More than 100 featured best-selling and award-winning authors - including Walter Dean Myers, Kitty Kelley, Phillip Margolin, Jon Scieszka, Mark Shriver, Maggie Stiefvater, Evan Thomas, original MTV VJs Nina Blackwood and Mark Goodman, and more -...
School Library Journal, April 26, 2013
...able to write for kids and impart ideas without sounding preachy.� It can be done!� Examples? by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith ? If you Google the term ?unreliable narrator? and ?picture books? this is pretty much the only thing that comes...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, May 10, 2013
...Imagine the most evil man possible. That man comes nowhere close to the editor Herman Mildew in Jon Scieszka’s newest book Who Done It?. Over 80 young adult authors have been invited by the man himself to an abandoned pickle factory for a party, but...
ALA, May 8, 2013
...respecting what came before. Krosoczka! TenNapel! Telgemeier! Graphic Novels Your Kids Love By Names You Can’t Pronounce. Jon Scieszka leads a panel of best-selling graphic novelists - Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Doug TenNapel and Raina Telgemeier -...
Chevy Chase Patch, May 6, 2013
...the ‘80s – Natalie Hopkinson, Dave Ungrady “Astronaut Academy” – Dave Roman Picture Book Fun – Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka 1:15 p.m.–2:05 p.m. Mystery Master – Phillip Margolin Urban Fiction – Candice Dow, Kia Dupree ...
Potomac Patch, May 6, 2013
...the ‘80s – Natalie Hopkinson, Dave Ungrady “Astronaut Academy” – Dave Roman Picture Book Fun – Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka 1:15 p.m.–2:05 p.m. Mystery Master – Phillip Margolin Urban Fiction – Candice Dow, Kia Dupree ...
Bethesda Patch, May 6, 2013
...the ‘80s – Natalie Hopkinson, Dave Ungrady “Astronaut Academy” – Dave Roman Picture Book Fun – Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka 1:15 p.m.–2:05 p.m. Mystery Master – Phillip Margolin Urban Fiction – Candice Dow, Kia Dupree ...
Gaithersburg Patch, May 6, 2013
...the ‘80s – Natalie Hopkinson, Dave Ungrady “Astronaut Academy” – Dave Roman Picture Book Fun – Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka 1:15 p.m.–2:05 p.m. Mystery Master – Phillip Margolin Urban Fiction – Candice Dow, Kia Dupree Contemporary Fiction...
North Potomac-Darnestown Patch, May 2, 2013
...the ‘80s – Natalie Hopkinson, Dave Ungrady “Astronaut Academy” – Dave Roman Picture Book Fun – Mac Barnett, Jon Scieszka 1:15 p.m.–2:05 p.m. Mystery Master – Phillip Margolin Urban Fiction – Candice Dow, Kia Dupree ...