Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1423399749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.. Here is Jon’s side of the story. 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
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 often advertised in old DC comic books and his disappointment at the size of these soldiers. I thought it was funny because I always wanted to order these but never did. I bought . "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.. F. Fisher said I laughed 'til I cried!. 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 his brothers get into. Their behavior was often so goofy, they were nicknamed "Knuckleheads" by their father. From babysitting gone wrong and ending in broken bones, to shared Hal
His autobiography (Viking, 2008) is clearly aimed at his target audience and it hits an easy bulls-eye. There's even a short addendum where Scieszka talks about his writing. More than one of the many short chapters quickly overwhelms listeners with a feeling of impending doom as the boys come up with yet another "good idea." Yet through it all, there's the unmistakable feeling of togetherness, unity, and a sense of the security felt as part of a large and very forgiving family. . From School Library Journal Starred Review. Listeners will laugh out loud and feel an uncontrollable urge to repeat bits of these stories to anyone who happens in range. Growing boys and common sense don't usually go together, and the author's tales from his boyhood offer plenty of evidence. Isn't that the best recommendation?—Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevi