Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka
CRITICS HAVE SAID
- “Just try to keep kids away from this collection. Entertaining and fast-moving, silly and sweet, this homage to family life is not to be missed.” – School Library Journal
- “Will draw chuckles of amusement from middle-graders (particularly less eager readers) and of recognition from their parents and grandparents.” – Kirkus
IF YOU LOVE THIS BOOK, THEN TRY:
- DePaola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Avenue. Putnam, 1999.
- Krull, Kathleen. The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss. Random House, 2004.
- Lin, Grace. The Year of the Dog. Little, Brown, 2006.
- Scieszka, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table. Viking, 1991.
- Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Viking, 1992.
- Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Viking, 1989.
- S_s, Peter. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Farrar/Frances Foster, 2007.