Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka was the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in the USA. He is the author of some of the best known and funniest books written for children and is the creator of the Trucktown series. Jon is a former school teacher and an avid promoter of literacy. Jon lives with his family in New York.
Authored Books
The Frog Prince Continued
Author: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Penguin
After the Princess kissed the frog, he turned into a handsome prince, and they lived happily ever after… or did they?
Frank Einstein and the Electro Finger
Author: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Brian Biggs
Publisher: Abrams Books
Science facts, illustrated by wittily accurate graphs, diagrams and maps intertwine with good-guys versus bad-guys roller-coaster action in this inventive, entertaining, educative series.
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Brian Biggs
Publisher: Abrams
A gripping, comical tale of ambition, imagination, determination, old bicycle wheels and expired batteries which blends real science with wacky science-fiction to create the compelling first book in a new series by best-selling author Jon Scienzka.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Author: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Penguin
What really happened to the three little pigs and the big bad wolf? Find out the truth in this hilarious picture book.
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales
Author: Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: Chicken Licken, The Princess and the Bowling Ball; The Really Ugly Duckling, and Jack's Bean Problem. Chosen by children as the Book of the Year for the Federation of Children's Book Groups, this book was described by "She magazine" as, 'The most delightful collection of stories a…