Open Blogging

...should be a party.

I danced at your wedding, I drank at your wake ... in the interim let us celebrate! This isn't a Great American Novel, it isn't the next Iliad or Odyssey ... or even The Stinky Cheese Man ... a blog should be the celebration of the author's' life ... what resonates with a given individual ... what is important to me, now ... Blog on!!!

Jon Scieszka

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jon Scieszka (SHEH-ska) (born September 8, 1954 in Flint, Michigan) is an American author of children's literature, best known for his collaborations with illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and in early 2008 was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Librarian of Congress.^[1][2]

The Guys Read compilation stems from his personal nonprofit literacy program for boys and men, Guys Read, which he created due to his reaction to United States government statistics regarding literacy amongst boys, as well as society's attitudes toward masculinity.