Jon Scieszka - Knowledge

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Spaceheadz is a multi-platform story, told through four books, multiple websites, integrated blogs, social media sites, videos, ads, and user-created content. The story reveals how three aliens from the planet Spaceheadz disguise themselves as 5th graders in Brooklyn in order to sign up 3.14 million

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While pursuing his MFA at Columbia in New York, Scieszka painted apartments. He went on to teach 1st-8th grade at the Day School (currently the Trevor Day School) for ten years. After that, he started writing and touring full-time, which he still does today.

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books are illustrated middle grade novels about three boys, Sam, Joe, and Fred, who travel through time and space with a magical book. The early books were illustrated by Lane Smith, and later ones by Adam McCauley. They are published by

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Scieszka was inspired to create the Trucktown series because he "really wanted to write something for all of those crazy little guys who didn’t think there was something out there for them to read."

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According to Scieszka, he writes books because he "loves to make kids laugh." Most of his best-known works were written in conjunction with illustrator Lane Smith. Among their collaborations are

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series, for which Smith illustrated eight of the sixteen books. The series has been made into a television show. The design of many Scieszka and Smith collaborations, including

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After graduating, Scieszka worked in a variety of capacities: teaching at an elementary school (mostly second grade), writing for magazines, and painting apartments.

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and 1 Earthlings to be Spaceheadz and save Earth. The extensive online storytelling is managed by Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg. The books are illustrated by

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series for structural reasons. When writing other books, however, he says, "Anything goes. Middle first, sometimes end, sometimes title, sometimes punchline."

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Two children's books written by Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith were ranked among the 100 best all-time picture books in a 2012 survey published by

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on September 8, 1954. He was the second oldest among six sons of Shirley Scieszka, a registered nurse, and Louis Scieszka, a former

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statistics showing boys consistently scoring worse than girls on federal reading tests every year, at every grade level.

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books are illustrated middle grade (3-7) novels about a kid-genius scientist and inventor named Frank Einstein.

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animator Shane Prigmore, and published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

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2005: Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature,

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2002: Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature,

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Scieszka's books have received many awards and other recognitions, including:

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series, which teaches kids history, has been adapted into a television show.

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in Canada on September 6, 2014, it was also available to stream as part of

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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales

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Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka

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1992: American Library Association, Notable Children's Book citation,

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The Trucktown characters and backgrounds were created by the team of

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2005: American Library Association, Notable Children's Book Award,

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Scieszka has written and edited many books for various publishers.

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Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up,

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for lifetime contribution to children's literature in 2013.

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American children's writer and reading advocate (born 1954)

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for high school. He studied English and medical science

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2002: Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts,

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1997: New Hampshire The Great Stone Face Book Award,

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1989: Maryland Black-eyed Susan Picture Book Award,

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