Softcover, $11.99, ISBN: 978-0-670-0144-5.Book Talk: (Kind Of!)
Guys Read is an initiative begun by Jon Scieszka to encourage boys to read. Getting boys to read any kind of book, at all, has become a challenge. It is a disconcerting challenge, as we know that our boys need to read in order to succeed, and yet, for some reason, we seem to be failing to connect them with meaningful books that encourage them to read more. Guys read was designed to help combat this problem and attempt to find a solution.
This book, Guys Write for Guys Read, was written by many, many male authors who all contributed a short story. I enjoyed the stories. Written for brevity, many of the authors exposed some embarrassing incident from their own childhood. These stories left me at turns, laughing, crying, and touched beyond words that these men would open up so honestly with their audience and let the reader inside their own childhood in such a personal way.
The authors included in this collection read like a who's who of Boy Books: Anthony Horowitz, Walter Dean Myers, Garth Nicks, Dan Gutman, Neil Gaiman, Gary Paulsen, Brian Jaques, Jerry Spinelli, the list goes on and on, with a total of 92 authors contributing a piece to this compilation.
In addition to this book, Guys Read is a website. If you are looking for information on Boy Books, from how to help, to a current list of new releases that just might appeal to the little guy in your life, please visit his website. Mr. Scieszka has done a fantastic job of putting together a website that will guide a parent of a reluctant reader through the mine field of children's literature and connect them directly to the wonderful books that our little guys love to read.
Web Sites:
You can find the Guys Read website here: http://www.guysread.com/
You can find the link to Jon Scieszka's author website here:
http://www.jsworldwide.com/yeah_he_wrote_em.html
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