Guys Read: True Stories: A Mind-Blowing Collection of Nonfiction Stories about History and Adventure for Children (Ages 8-12)
Scieszka, Jon; Murphy, Jim; Partridge, Elizabeth; Hale, Nathan; Sturm, James; Fleming, Candace; Florian, Douglas; Montgomery, Sy; Sheinkin, Steve; Nickens, T. Edward; Lai, Thanhhà
Language: English
Published by Walden Pond Press, 2014
Series: Book 5 of 7 - Guys Read
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- Title
- Guys Read: True Stories: A Mind-Blowing Collection of Nonfiction Stories about History and Adventure for Children (Ages 8-12)
- Author
- Scieszka, Jon; Murphy, Jim; Partridge, Elizabeth; Hale, Nathan; Sturm, James; Fleming, Candace; Florian, Douglas; Montgomery, Sy; Sheinkin, Steve; Nickens, T. Edward; Lai, Thanhhà
- Publisher
- Walden Pond Press
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 006196381X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061963810
- Item weight
- 384 grams
- Series
- Book 5 of 7: Guys Read
Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.
Supports the Common Core State Standards
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Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Children's Literature emeritus and the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for kids, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, Robot Zot!, and the Time Warp Trio series. Jon founded Guys Read to encourage a passion for reading among young boys, with the philosophy that boys love to read most when they are reading things they love. A former elementary school teacher, Jon lives in Brooklyn with his family. For more great books, more great facts, and more about your favorite authors, head over to www.guysread.com. You'll be glad you did.
Elizabeth Partridge is the author of This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and other acclaimed works. She and her husband live in the San Francisco Bay area.
Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.
In addition to researching films, articles, and thirty-nine books, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery has been honored with a Sibert Medal, three Sibert Honors, two Science Book and Film Prizes from the National Association for the Advancement of Science, four honorary degrees, and many other awards. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire, with her husband, Howard Mansfield, and their border collie, Thurber.
Thanhhà Lại is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award and Newbery Honor–winning Inside Out and Back Again; the celebrated Listen, Slowly; the teen novel Butterfly Yellow; and the picture book Hundred Years of Happiness. She was born in Việt Nam and now lives in New York.
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