When it comes to kid's books, I'll read goofy and zany any day over
uplifting. If it doesn’t bore me to death to read it 17,000 times a
week, my daughter will probably like it too, I reason.
So I
thought it was kind of awesome that Jon Scieszka, author of "The Stinky
Cheese Man' and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs," has been
named the first "children's laureate" by the Library of Congress Center for the Book and the Children's Book Council.
Scieszka,
whose official title is National Ambassador for Young People'
Literature, is a big believer in the power of funny to get kids to
read. He's also the founder of the Guys Read initiative, which aims to
get boys to love literature.
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