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Knucklehead
Tall Tales and Almost True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka
by 
Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka
  
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Subject(s):  Biography & Autobiography
Juvenile Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Language(s):  English
Awards:  Notable Children's Books
American Library Association
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File size:   28275 KB
ISBN:   9781423399780
Release date:   Aug 20, 2009

Description

Have you ever:

  • Had your brother try to sell you your own shirt?
  • Made a list of all the bad words you know -- for your teacher who is a nun?
  • Believed one of those AMAZING! ads in the back of a comic book?
  • Broken your brother's collarbone playing football -- four times?
  • Tied your little brother into his bed with your dad's ties?

    Jon Scieszka has. Which is probably why Jon's dad used to call him and his five brothers KNUCKLEHEADS.

    Here is Jon's side of the story. And here, at last, is the memoir that might answer some of the questions of how the heck does someone think up a story of a little man made of very smelly cheese.
  • Reviews

    AudioFile Magazine...
    What boy could resist Scieszka's stories of growing up with five brothers? With a smile in his voice, he talks about games of slaughterball, broken collarbones, and tying up the babysitter. His conversational style makes for an intimate memoir. Unfortunately, the audiobook format does not allow listeners to pore over the print book's enlightening photographs from Scieszka's childhood. And children using the production as a read-along may be confused when they encounter the print book's references to the photos. Those concerns aside, the chapters (including a bonus audio chapter) are meticulously paced and technically clean. The author's even delivery will allow a young audience to squeeze every ounce of pleasure out of the cheesy jokes and gross sensibility that make Scieszka every boy's hero. C.A. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
     

    About the Author

    Jon Scieszka, the main knucklehead of this book, has been named the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His job is to be a champion of all children's literature. Jon collaborated with Lane Smith on eight wildly popular books including The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, The Stinky Cheese Man, and their latest, Cowboy & Octopus. He is also the author of the Time Warp Trio books, the editor of Guys Write for Guys Read, and living proof that you just never know.

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