Based around a simple premise: give guys reading that they can love, and they'll fall in love with reading. This title is chock-full of the stuff that guys love most - humor - and includes short stories from some of the most exciting, beloved, freshest, funniest, and generally well-mannered writers.
Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative is based around a simple premise: give guys reading that they can love, and they'll fall in love with reading. And there's something for every guy between the covers of this, the first book in Jon's Guys Read library. Guys Read: Funny Business is chock-full of the stuff that guys love most-humor - and will include all - new exclusive short stories from some of the most exciting, beloved, freshest, funniest, and generally well-mannered writers working today, as well as illustrations throughout from New York Times bestselling illustrator Adam Rex. Future books in the series will include sci-fi/fantasy, mystery, and sports, and will release simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
Jon Scieszka is the author of some of the best-known and funniest books for children, including The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio chapter book series, the Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, and the Trucktown series. He is also the author of the upcoming Robot Zot! illustrated by Dave Shannon. In 2007, Jon was named the first National Ambassador for Children's Literature by the Library of Congress. He grew up with five brothers in Flint, MI, and now lives with his family in Brooklyn, NY. You can Mac Barnett is the author of the picture books Billy Twitter and His Blue Whale Problem, Guess Again!, and the middle-grade series the Brixton Brothers. He lives in California. You can Eoin Colfer is the author of the phenomenally successful Artemis Fowl series, as well as many other books for kids. He lives in Ireland. You can Christopher Paul Curtis is the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and Bucking the Sarge. He lives with his family in Ontario, Canada. Kate DiCamillo won the Newbery Medal for her book The Tale Of Despereaux. Her other books include Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; and The Magician's Elephant. She lives in Minneapolis, MN. You can Paul Feig is an acclaimed television writer, producer, and director. He created and wrote, along with friend Judd Apatow, the cult-classic television show about high school life in the 80s, Freaks and Geeks. Since then, he has written for and/or directed such diverse shows as The Office, Mad Men, 30 Rock, Weeds, and Arrested Development. He has also written two memoirs and a children's book, Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! He lives in Los Angeles. Jack Gantos is the author of many funny books for kids, including the Joey Pigza series. He lives in Boston, MA. You can Jeff Kinney is best known as the creator of the internet-comic-turned-publishing-sensation Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which has spawned three sequels and an upcoming live-action movie. He lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. You can David Lubar is the author of many hilarious books for kids, including the Nathan Abercrombie: Accidental Zombie series and Weenies series. He lives in Nazareth, PA. You can Adam Rex is a bestselling writer, a sought-after illustrator, and pretty much anything you can think of. Some of his books include the New York Times bestseller Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and its follow-up Frankenstein Takes the Cake; the middle-grade novel The True Meaning of Smekday, currently under development as a feature film; and the teen novel Fat Vampire. He lives in Arizona, but you'd do better finding out about him at David Yoo is the acclaimed author of Girls for Breakfast and Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before. He's also just about the best blogger on earth. You can
Ten stories guaranteed to boldly take you where no reader has gone before, from the following earthlings (or so they claim): Tom Angleberger Ray Bradbury Shannon Hale D.J. MacHale Eric Nylund Kenneth Oppel Rick Riordan Neal Shusterman Rebecca Stead Shaun Tan with illustrations by GregRuth
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