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Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan, the second oldest of six sons born to Shirly Scieszka, a Registered Nurse, and Louis Scieszka, an elementary school principal. He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and graduated in three years. He then studied both English and science at Albion College, and in 1976 he received a B.A. in writing. He went on to Columbia University's writing program, and in 1980 he received a Master of Fine Arts degree.

After graduating, Scieszka held several jobs, including teaching elementary school, writing for magazines, painting apartments, working as a carpenter, and being a lifeguard. In 1989, he published his first book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. He currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife and children.

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children's writer and reading advocate from the United States

Born 8 September 1954

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  • Cover of: The true story of the 3 little pigs
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  • Cover of: Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table (Time Warp Trio)
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  • Cover of: The frog prince, continued
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  • Cover of: Not-so-Jolly Roger, The TWT r/i (Time Warp Trio)
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    Cover of edition notsojollyrogert00jons Cover of edition notsojollyroger00scie_0 Cover of edition notsojollyroger00scie Cover of edition notsojollyroger0000scie_y8j2 First published in 1991 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Your mother was a Neanderthal
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  • Cover of: The good, the bad, and the goofy
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  • Cover of: Squids will be squids : fresh morals, beastly fables
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  • Cover of: Summer reading is killing me!
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  • Cover of: See You Later, Gladiator (Time Warp Trio) r/i (Time Warp Trio)
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  • Cover of: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
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  • Cover of: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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children's writer and reading advocate from the United States

Born 8 September 1954

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Humorous stories, Trucks, Time travel, Trucks, fiction, Time travel, fiction, Science fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Short stories, Children's stories, American, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile literature, Robots, fiction, Schools, Schools, fiction, Fantasy fiction, History, Humorous fiction, Inventors, Inventors, fiction, Children's stories, Magic, New York Times bestseller

Places

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), United States, Antarctica, Brooklyn, China, Egypt, Japan, Maple Street, Mexico, Rome, Scotland, Venice, West (U.S.), États-Unis (Ouest)

People

Alphonse, Archie Smith, Blackbeard (d. 1718), Blackbeard (d.1718), Bradbury children, Captain Tory, Edward Teach (d. 1718), Genghis Khan (1162-1227), George Washington (1732-1799), Harris Burdick, Jon Scieszka, Kublai Khan (1216-1294), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Lewis Evans, Marco Polo (1254-1323?), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Mr. Linden, Oscar, Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Time

21st century, 1057-1603, 20th century, 21e siècle, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1810, To 332 B.C., Tokugawa period, 1600-1868, Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368, Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368

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  • Jon Scieszeka
  • John Scieszka

History

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December 20, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
November 15, 2022 Edited by Bernat Fortet Authors' previous web page was broken
May 28, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names
May 28, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import