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Jon Scieszka

Jon ScieszkaJon Scieszka's last name is pronounced Sheh-ska. It rhymes with Fresca! His charming books of fractured fairy tales, goofy fables, boys who travel through time, and math-impaired children are a delight to read.

Sample the following internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the author who kills off Chicken Licken and all the rest of her gang by letting the Table of Contents fall on them and who allows the Little Red Hen to be eaten by the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk.

Jon Scieszka
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/scieszka.htm

  1. What does Jon Scieszka's wife do for a living?
  2. What is Jon Scieszka's working motto?

Read Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. It's told from the point of view of the Big Bad Wolf. Choose a fairy tale and rewrite it from the point of view of one of its characters. For example, retell Hansel and Gretel from the point of view of the witch or retell Cinderella from the point of view of the stepmother.

Read Jon Scieszka's Squids Will Be Squids, a collection of goofy fables. (The fable called "Little Walrus" is the BEST!) Write a fable of your own.

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us