Lessons on Getting Adolescents Excited About Reading
In conjunction with WNYC’s Being 12 series, celebrated children’s book author Jon Scieszka will talk about getting adolescents– particularly young boys – to read, and the appeal of writing for this age group. Scieszka is the author of books for young readers like The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. He is also the founder of Guys Read – a web-based literacy program for boys whose mission is "to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers." In 2008 he was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Librarian of Congress.
What books are you passing down to the adolescents in your life: your children, nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters? What books did you cherish when you were 12? Tell us in the comments below!
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