From this year's ALA conference, a hilarious interview with the ever-nutty Jon Scieszka, who does take promoting literacy seriously. He was appointed as the very first Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Scieszka is the author of such great books of The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. In this clip, interviewer Maria Van Lieshout manages to keep a straight face (for the most part) as she asks him questions on the Caldecott award "red carpet" about what he's wearing, and whether he would, uh, eat Knuffle Bunny/Pigeon author Mo Willems if stuck on a desert isle. (On a side note, check out Jon's Guys Read site.)
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Great clip! Jon Scieszka is also featured on the cover of the September issue of Scouting (the Boy Scouts of America magazine) with an article inside ("Guys read guy books") which refers readers to his GuysRead.com website. When they get the September issue up on their website, I'll post a link.
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