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Having been making books for children since the 1989, Jon Scieszka describes his work as aiming to make children laugh. He is best known for his {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s that twist classic stories in outlandish and outrageous manners, accompanied by the distinctive illustrations of his regular collaborator and illustrator Lane Smith. Two of his series, ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Trucktown}}'', were also adapted into [[WesternAnimation animated TV series]] up in Canada. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys, being one of the biggest advocates for reading in the United States.

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Having been making writing books for children since the 1989, Jon Scieszka describes his work as aiming to make children laugh. He is best known for his {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s that twist classic stories in outlandish and outrageous manners, accompanied by the distinctive illustrations of his regular collaborator and illustrator collaborator, Lane Smith. Two of his series, ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Trucktown}}'', were also adapted into [[WesternAnimation animated TV series]] up in Canada. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys, being one of the biggest advocates for reading in the United States.
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Having been making books for children since the 1989, Jon Scieszka describes his work as aiming to make children laugh. He is best known for his {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s that twist classic stories in outlandish and outrageous manners, accompanied by the distinctive illustrations of his regular collaborator and illustrator Lane Smith. Two of his series, ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Trucktown}}'', were also adapted into cartoons up in Canada. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys, being one of the biggest advocates for reading in the United States.

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Having been making books for children since the 1989, Jon Scieszka describes his work as aiming to make children laugh. He is best known for his {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s that twist classic stories in outlandish and outrageous manners, accompanied by the distinctive illustrations of his regular collaborator and illustrator Lane Smith. Two of his series, ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Trucktown}}'', were also adapted into cartoons [[WesternAnimation animated TV series]] up in Canada. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys, being one of the biggest advocates for reading in the United States.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' series (the first 8 books were illustrated by Lane Smith), which later received an AnimatedAdaptation in Canada that aired on [[Creator/TheHub Discovery Family]]

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Jon Scieszka (born September 8, 1954) is an American children's writer.

Having been making books for children since the 1989, Jon Scieszka describes his work as aiming to make children laugh. He is best known for his {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s that twist classic stories in outlandish and outrageous manners, accompanied by the distinctive illustrations of his regular collaborator and illustrator Lane Smith. Two of his series, ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Trucktown}}'', were also adapted into cartoons up in Canada. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys, being one of the biggest advocates for reading in the United States.

[[https://jonscieszka.com/ Visit his website here]].

! Works by Jon Scieszka include:
* ''Literature/TheTrueStoryOfTheThreeLittlePigs'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Literature/TheStinkyCheeseMan'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''The Frog Prince, Continued''
* ''The Book That Jack Wrote''
* The ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio'' series (the first 8 books were illustrated by Lane Smith ), which later received an AnimatedAdaptation in Canada that aired on [[Creator/TheHub Discovery Family]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Trucktown}}'' series, which was turned into an AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/{{Nelvana}} that aired on Creator/TreehouseTV.
* ''Math Curse'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Science Verse'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Squids Will Be Squids'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Baloney (Henry P.)'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Seen Art?'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Cowboy and Octopus'', illustrated by Lane Smith
* ''Robot Zot''
* ''Battle Bunny''
* The ''Spaceheadz'' series
* The ''Frank Einstein'' series
* The ''Astro-Nuts'' series

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