The Horn Book Magazine, September 1st, 2007
This past June, Horn Book editor Sutton sat down with guy-writer and founder of Guys Read (www.guysread.com) Jon Scieszka to talk about boys and reading.
ROGER SUTTON: Were you a reader as a kid?
JON SCIESZKA: Yes, I was. In Catholic school, you wanted to be an achiever. Academic achievement was practically on par with theology--if you weren't doing your schoolwork, you were probably going to hell. So being a reader was actually to the good side. I was one of the youngest kids in class, and--some people don't believe this--I wasn't the most outgoing. So it was okay to be a reader. And then...
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