Author/Illustrator: Edited by Jon ScieszkaPlot Summary: Collection of drawings stories, advice, poems and comics by guys' favorite writers including Dan Gutman, Dav Pilkey, Stephen King, Matt Groening, Avi, Gordon Korman, David Lubar, Walter Dean Myers, Gary Paulsen, Richard Peck, Jerry Spinelli and Laurence Yep.
Comments: This is a GREAT collection of stories. Stories were chosen by readers on the website of the same name. All proceeds from the book go to support the website.
Extensions:
1. Media Specialist will recommend various authors from this book by reading short stories aloud to groups of boys, through morning announcements or new shows, or through an "exploratory" or reading group in middle school.
2. Start your own "Guys Read Field Office." A simple "How to" is located here.
3. As part of a middle school curriculum, offer a "Guys Read" option(an all-girl option could be offered as well.) This book could be the basis for creating opportunties for sharing authors, funny books, writing book reviews to post to the "Guys Read" blog, and creating audio and video podcasts for school announcments or news shows.
Themes/keywords: men-literary collections, American literature-male authors, children's literature-American
Age/Reading Level: Stories range from grade three or four through high school. ATOS - 6.2(how could there possibly be an AR test for this type of book?; Lexile - 920
Standards:
ELA4R2(through eighth grade) The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.
Publisher's Info: Viking, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, New York; 2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-670-06007-8
ISBN-10: 0-670-06007-0
Awards/Review Sources:
Wilson's Senior High School 10/01/07 | Wilson's Junior High School 11/01/05 |
| School Library Journal starred 04/01/05 | Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) 01/01/06 |
| Five Owls 04/01/07 | Book Links (A.L.A.) 11/01/06 |
| Publishers Weekly 02/21/05 | Horn Book 05/01/05 |
Genre/Dewey: 810.8
Websites:
Guys Read - includes lots of great stuff -- book suggestions, authors, how to start a book club and more.
Jon Scieszka's website - hilarious
Guys Read on NPR's "All Things Considered."
Notes for Booktalk: A great way to introduce authors. Not all authors appropriate for all grades but there is a nice range/variety.
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