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| author | Minkel, Walter |
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| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | The Big Cheese: Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Minkel, Walter Childrens Literature Young Adults Literacy Authors Interviews Recognition (Achievement) This article presents an interview with Jon Scieszka, author of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" who is tapped by the "Children's Book Council" and the Library of Congress's "Center for the Book" as the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. A former grade-school teacher, Scieszka is also the creator of Guys Read (www.guysread.com), a literacy program that wants boys to know that reading can be just as absorbing as waving a Wii controller. With his good-natured wit and knack for knowing what kids need, Scieszka was chosen as children's book ambassador for raising national awareness of the importance of children's books. In an interview, Scieszka describes his reaction when he was asked to be the nation's first children's book laureate and shares his platform on his new position. |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2008 |
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| spellingShingle | The Big Cheese: Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Minkel, Walter Childrens Literature Young Adults Literacy Authors Interviews Recognition (Achievement) The Big Cheese: Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Minkel, Walter Childrens Literature Young Adults Literacy Authors Interviews Recognition (Achievement) This article presents an interview with Jon Scieszka, author of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" who is tapped by the "Children's Book Council" and the Library of Congress's "Center for the Book" as the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. A former grade-school teacher, Scieszka is also the creator of Guys Read (www.guysread.com), a literacy program that wants boys to know that reading can be just as absorbing as waving a Wii controller. With his good-natured wit and knack for knowing what kids need, Scieszka was chosen as children's book ambassador for raising national awareness of the importance of children's books. In an interview, Scieszka describes his reaction when he was asked to be the nation's first children's book laureate and shares his platform on his new position. |
| title | The Big Cheese: Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature |
| topic | Childrens Literature Young Adults Literacy Authors Interviews Recognition (Achievement) |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ788691 |