Guys Read: Funny Business
Title | Guys Read: Funny Business PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Scieszka |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2010-09-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0061963747 |
It’s here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren’t your typical anthologies—each book is edgy, inventive, visual, and one-of-a-kind, featuring a different theme for guys to get excited about. Funny Business is based around the theme of—what else?—humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you’re in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; the only kid in his middle school who hasn’t turned into a vampire, wizard, or superhero; and more. And the contributor list includes bestselling author, award winners, and fresh new talent alike: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo (writing with Jon Scieszka), Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo. Guys Read is all about turning young readers into lifelong ones—and with this book, and each subsequent installment in the series, we aim to leave no guy unturned.
Guys Write for Guys Read
Title | Guys Write for Guys Read PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Scieszka |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN | 9780670060078 |
There's something for every guy in this collection of stories, mini-memoirs, advice, poems, comics and drawings chosen by readers on the Guys Read web site.
Guys Read: Thriller
Title | Guys Read: Thriller PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Scieszka |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2011-09-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062102192 |
A body on the tracks A teenage terrorist A mysterious wish-granting machine The world’s worst private detective The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a pulse-pounding collection of brand-new short stories, each one guaranteed to keep you riveted until the final page.
Guys Read: Funny Business
Title | Guys Read: Funny Business PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Scieszka |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2010-09-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0061963747 |
It’s here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren’t your typical anthologies—each book is edgy, inventive, visual, and one-of-a-kind, featuring a different theme for guys to get excited about. Funny Business is based around the theme of—what else?—humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you’re in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; the only kid in his middle school who hasn’t turned into a vampire, wizard, or superhero; and more. And the contributor list includes bestselling author, award winners, and fresh new talent alike: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo (writing with Jon Scieszka), Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo. Guys Read is all about turning young readers into lifelong ones—and with this book, and each subsequent installment in the series, we aim to leave no guy unturned.
Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys
Title | Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys PDF eBook |
Author | James Patterson |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 23 |
Release | 2011-09-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062112155 |
A train ride home from a school field trip turns sinister when two kids spot a body on the tracks. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Guys Read: Ghost Vision Glasses
Title | Guys Read: Ghost Vision Glasses PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Carman |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2011-09-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062112163 |
The ad promised you’d be able to see into the spirit world. But they couldn’t work for real . . . could they? A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Knucklehead
Title | Knucklehead PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Scieszka |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-10-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 067001138X |
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the result is Knucklehead. Part memoir, part scrapbook, this hilarious trip down memory lane provides a unique glimpse into the formation of a creative mind and a free spirit. Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.