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Jon Scieszka


Born
in Flint, Michigan, The United States
September 08, 1954

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Jon Scieszka is an American children's writer, best known for picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and the founder of Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers." ...more

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Would You Look at This

Wow. Check this out. Exactly what you were hoping for – another website with blog postings.

I was going to post about a piece of toast (just because it rhymes with post).
But now I think I won't.

Don't.

That's the only other word I can think of that rhymes with "won't".

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


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Published on December 02, 2008 00:00
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Quotes by Jon Scieszka  (?)
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“Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.”
Jon Scieszka, Funny Business

“And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End.”
Jon Scieszka, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

“My face felt like it had just been rammed into a brick wall . . . because it had.”
Jon Scieszka, Other Worlds

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