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Category: Jon Scieszka

My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.

Best, Science, Reading

Expand the definition of ‘reading’ to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won’t read shark books forever.

Adventure, Focus, Reading

And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End.

fairy-tale, happy-end, honesty

The older you get, the more questions you get asked, and the more weary you become of answering the questions and the more elusive the answers–any answer, every answer–seem. –Maureen O’Toople in the short story “Your Question for Author Here

Your brain is doing some great work when it’s laughing.

Your brain is doing some great work when it’s laughing.