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Press & Awards

Jon Scieszka was named the first
National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress.


 
NYT
  • Trying to Keep it Together in Zoom School

  • Stinky Cheese! Ambassador for Children’s Literature

  • Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope?

  • Baby Book as Battleground

  • Getting 21st-Century Kids to Read More Books

  • The Stinky Cheese Kid

  • Keep On Truckin’

 

 
NPR
  • Jon Scieszka, A Seriously Funny 'Knucklehead'

  • The Moral Of The Story Is: Great Kids' Books Don't Always Need Morals

  • 'Guys Read:' Encouraging Boys to Love Books

  • 'Vegetables In Underwear' And Other Laugh Out Loud Book Ideas For Kids

  • In A Household Of 6 Brothers, Wrestling Decides What's Right

 

 
The Washington Post
  • Jon Scieszka brings mind-blowing ‘Frank Einstein’ tale to Washington

 

 
School Library Journal
  • The Big Cheese: Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

 

 
LA Times
  • Craziness Required

 

 
The-Guardian
  • On My Latest Tour, A Woman Asked Me to Sign Her Baby

 

 
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  • Design Matters

  • Reader’s Request, or YOU ASKED FOR IT

 
 
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