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Knucklehead: Tall Tales And Almost True Stories Of Growing Up Scieszka (2008)

by Jon Scieszka(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

067001138X (ISBN13: 9780670011384)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Viking Juvenile

review 1: This book was absolutely hilarious. I would recommend it to any person of any age. I think that it appeals to all people who have the slightest bit of a like for humor. This is the autobiography of Jon Scieszka and his life growing up with 5 brothers. However, this is unlike any autobiography I have ever read.I would like to use this book in my classroom as a read aloud. I would use it during my autobiography unit to show students that autobiographies don't have to be dull and so full of facts that they become boring. After reading parts of the book with my students, I would have them write a story about their childhood that they find to be particularly funny or interesting. Then, I would put their stories together to create a classroom autobiography!
review 2:... more I love Jon Scieszka and his books an awful lot, but this autobiography is clearly meant for kids. There are a lot of childhood stories that are supposed to be funny, but I've read his stuff, and he can do so much funnier. I really wanted to love this book. His humor is usually so self-aware with poignant commentary, where this was just so run-of-the-mill funny. You'll get a lot of laughs out of younger kids (and probably nostalgic elderly people, too) but as a 20-something, this book didn't make me laugh a single time. I'm feeling so out of the loop right now. I wish he would write an autobiography meant for readers of all ages (I mean, for God's sakes, we only learn what he and two of his FIVE siblings do for a living in the present. It's cool to see snippets of his childhood, but where's the depth he's usually so good at incorporating in his writing?) less

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