Skip to main content

Thank You Jon Scieszka

For the past two year's Jon Scieszka has been the first Ambassador of Young People's Literature. He's given talks to numerous groups of all ages, he's given book recommendations, and he's supported and advocated for children's lit. A new ambassador will be named January 5th and I'm eager to see who it'll be! But today we're saying goodbye and thank you. So join in and celebrate Jon Scieszka as our first ambassador-hosted by A Year of Reading.

Jon Scieszka has been a long time favorite author of mine. I grew up reading The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and Stinky Cheese Man. I seriously never get tired of reading these and they make me laugh every single time I read them. Same for my new favorite Cowboy and Octopus.

I read one of the Time Warp Trio books (Summer Reading is Killing Me) for my children's lit class and it cracked me. I booktalk Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka (I use the Car Trip story which involves candy bars, a hot car ride, and a cat-it get a great response!)

So being a lifelong Scieszka fan, I was very excited to meet Mr. Scieszka at ALA this past June. I stood in line like a librarian fangirl, and gushed when I presented my copy of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs to be signed (by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith-yep, librarian fangirl heaven!) I have to say that Mr. Scieszka was super nice and a delight to meet. He is very funny and was so nice to everyone he signed for-and believe me, it was a looong line. The lady in front of me even had her baby and held him up for pictures like Jon Scieszka was Santa Claus or something. But he smiled and signed books and kissed babies like a good ambassador would do.

So thank you Jon Scieszka for your work as ambassador. As a librarian and a reader who enjoys children's and young adult literature, it's good to know there are people out there advocating for us and for the books we believe in. Good luck and here's to many more books by one of my favorite children's authors!

Labels:

Comments

  1. Bethany WigginsJanuary 4, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Jon sound awesome! Thanks for the author/book info.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Daisy WhitneyJanuary 4, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    I love the moniker "Librarian fan girl!"

    ReplyDelete
  3. GreenBeanTeenQueenJanuary 4, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    Bethany-I hope you check out his books-they always make me laugh.

    Daisy-I know! I feel like that whenever I meet an author-ALA is a librarian's dream:)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Jon ScieszkaJanuary 6, 2010 at 8:50 PM

    Thanks for that sweet tribute, GreenBean. I love that you are out there luring kids into reading with tasty (sort of) bits from KNUCKLEHEAD.

    And you actually uncovered the truth – my job is a lot like Santa Claus's.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Heather ZundelJanuary 6, 2010 at 9:34 PM

    I've loved hearing about his exploits for the last two years. I don't think they couldn't have picked a better ambassador. And he even commented here!

    ReplyDelete
  6. GreenBeanTeenQueenJanuary 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    Heather-I know-he was a perfect pick and I was tickled pink that he actually saw my post!:)

    Thanks again Jon Scieszka!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Mary LeeJanuary 8, 2010 at 9:33 AM

    Loved the TeenQueen perspective!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I love hearing from other readers! Share your thoughts and chime in!

Popular posts from this blog

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Rating: 5/5 Stars Genre: Realistic Fiction Release Date: 2/26/2013 Add to Goodreads About the Book: Eleanor and Park are both misfits. When new girl Eleanor sits next to Park on the bus, they don't want anything to do with each other. But over the course of the school year, things change. It starts with comic books and becomes a friendship and a romance that the two will never forget. You never forget your first love. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: Have you ever had a book sit on your shelf that you've heard so much hype about? And you think that books sounds like it would be right up your alley, but you're in a reading slump and you're afraid to give it a try unless it fails? I knew Eleanor and Park sounded like my perfect book, but I was in such an after committee slump that I even though I knew this book would help, I just didn't want to be disappointed. I should have known better because Eleanor and Park was perfect and everything that I had hoped it wou
6 comments
Read more

Contact Me

  I love to hear from fellow readers and librarians! Send me an email to say hello! You can reach me at greenbeanteenqueen (at) gmail (dot) com
Read more

Post Downton Abbey Reading List

Downton Abbey is over (with a shocking and frustrating ending!) and now I'm suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal. I've got a reading list full of books that I hope will satisfy my post-Downton Abbey cravings and I thought I'd share what's in my pile and get suggestions for other after Downton reads. Here's what I hope to be reading this year (a mix of YA and adult titles):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A couple Julian Fellowes reads:                And a few re-reads:                    Edited to add: What's on your Post-Downton Abbey reading list?
4 comments
Read more