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Jon Scieszka Quotes

For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It’s really hard work Picture Quote #1

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Just looking at pictures’ used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading Picture Quote #1

And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End Picture Quote #1

Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don’t like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading Picture Quote #1

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When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time I was three, I had finished 212 short stories, 38 novels, 730 poems, and one very funny limerick, all before breakfast Picture Quote #1

For the longest time, you couldn’t even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world Picture Quote #1

Jeff Kinney’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series and Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ books got 49,323,701 kids reading Picture Quote #1

The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It’s kind of this terrible spiral: Since they’re not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it’s really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the ‘Guys Read’ thing Picture Quote #1

I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and ‘Go, Dog. Go!,’ thinking, ‘Oh yeah, that’s funny. I’d like to do that.’ And then writing throughout school, but at the same time I was studying pre-med stuff, because my mom told me I should be a doctor Picture Quote #1

If the day gets really bad, I can always pull out fan mail. Who else gets mail where kids write to you and say, ‘Dear Mr. Scieszka, we were supposed to write to our favorite author, but Roald Dahl is dead. So I’m writing to you.’ Picture Quote #1

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I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. ‘Go, Dog. Go!’ was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It’s just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that’s what made me realize what an advantage that is Picture Quote #1

When I read the ‘Dick and Jane’ stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other’s names because they always said each other’s names - a lot. So if Jane didn’t see the dog, Dick would say, ‘Look Jane, look. There is the dog next to Sally, Jane. The dog is also next to mother, Jane. The dog is next to father, Jane.’ Picture Quote #1

I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just don’t take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read Little House on the Prairie when he was in third grade Picture Quote #1

Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids’ attention, but we’re not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can’t Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure what to call ‘Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.’ Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction? But it is any Lego/’Star Wars’ kid’s dream. Call it spectacular Picture Quote #1

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We’re promoting such a narrow version of literacy that we’re not including what a lot of boys like Picture Quote #1

Jeff Kinney’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series and Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ books got 49,323,701 kids reading Picture Quote #1

I’m just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like Picture Quote #1

I believe that all blogs should have at least one set of rhyming words. Just because. Does. Fuzz. Was Picture Quote #1

Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don’t like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading Picture Quote #1

Just looking at pictures used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading Picture Quote #1

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For the longest time, you couldnt even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world Picture Quote #1

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For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It’s really hard work (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write (Jon Scieszka Quotes) 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 (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Just looking at pictures’ used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don’t like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time I was three, I had finished 212 short stories, 38 novels, 730 poems, and one very funny limerick, all before breakfast. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) For the longest time, you couldn’t even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Jeff Kinney’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series and Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ books got 49,323,701 kids reading. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It’s kind of this terrible spiral: Since they’re not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it’s really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the ‘Guys Read’ thing. (Jon Scieszka Quotes) I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and ‘Go, Dog. Go!,’ thinking, ‘Oh yeah, that’s funny. I’d like to do that.’ And then writing throughout school, but at the same time I was studying pre-med stuff, because my mom told me I should be a doctor (Jon Scieszka Quotes) If the day gets really bad, I can always pull out fan mail. Who else gets mail where kids write to you and say, ‘Dear Mr. Scieszka, we were supposed to write to our favorite author, but Roald Dahl is dead. So I’m writing to you.’ (Jon Scieszka Quotes) I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. ‘Go, Dog. Go!’ was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It’s just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that’s what made me realize what an advantage that is (Jon Scieszka Quotes) When I read the ‘Dick and Jane’ stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other’s names because they always said each other’s names - a lot. So if Jane didn’t see the dog, Dick would say, ‘Look Jane, look. There is the dog next to Sally, Jane. The dog is also next to mother, Jane. The dog is next to father, Jane.’ (Jon Scieszka Quotes) I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just don’t take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read Little House on the Prairie when he was in third grade (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids’ attention, but we’re not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can’t (Jon Scieszka Quotes) 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 (Jon Scieszka Quotes) I’m not sure what to call ‘Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.’ Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction? But it is any Lego/’Star Wars’ kid’s dream. Call it spectacular (Jon Scieszka Quotes) We’re promoting such a narrow version of literacy that we’re not including what a lot of boys like (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Jeff Kinney’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series and Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ books got 49,323,701 kids reading (Jon Scieszka Quotes) I’m just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like (Jon Scieszka Quotes) I believe that all blogs should have at least one set of rhyming words. Just because. Does. Fuzz. Was (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don’t like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading (Jon Scieszka Quotes) Just looking at pictures used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading (Jon Scieszka Quotes) For the longest time, you couldnt even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world (Jon Scieszka Quotes)