Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka has written at least 85 books. Their most popular book is The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales with 69 saves with an average rating of 3.91⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Young Adult, and Adventure.

dark and funny are their most common moods.

Author Bio

Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan, the second oldest of six sons born to Shirly Scieszka, a Registered Nurse, and Louis Scieszka, an elementary school principal. He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and graduated in three years. He then studied both English and science at Albion College, and in 1976 he received a B.A. in writing. He went on to Columbia University's writing program, and in 1980 he received a Master of Fine Arts degree.

After graduating, Scieszka held several jobs, including teaching elementary school, writing for magazines, painting apartments, working as a carpenter, and being a lifeguard. In 1989, he published his first book, [The True Story of the Three Little Pigs][1]. He currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife and children.

[1]: /works/OL39550W

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	3.91	58 reads
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka	4.03	55 reads
Half-minute horrors Holly Black Joyce Carol Oates Neil Gaiman Lesley Livingston R.L. Stine Margaret Atwood Adele Griffin Melissa Marr Nadia Aguiar Katherine Applegate Avi Pseudonymous Bosch Libba Bray Lisa Brown Michael Connelly Joseph Delaney Dan Gutman Erin Hunter Jonathan Lethem Gail Carson Levine Dean Lorey Gregory Maguire Sienna Mercer Lauren Myracle Jenny Nimmo Kenneth Oppel Adam Rex Jon Scieszka Brian Selznick Lemony Snicket Jerry Spinelli Tui T. Sutherland Sarah Weeks Gloria Whelan Allan Stratton James Patterson Angela Johnson Susan Rich Lane Smith	4	4 reads
Other Worlds Other Worlds Shaun Tan Ray Bradbury Tom Angleberger Rebecca Stead D.J. MacHale Eric S. Nylund Kenneth Oppel Shannon Hale Neal Shusterman	0	1 read
Math Curse Jon Scieszka	4.67	5 reads
Summer Reading Is Killing Me! Lane Smith Jon Scieszka	4	2 reads
Knights of the Kitchen Table Lane Smith Jon Scieszka	4	3 reads
Who done it? Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us out Neil Gaiman Lemony Snicket Nick Hornsby George Saunders Kelly Link Richard Jerome Kennedy Jon Scieszka Sam Swope Clement Freud James Kochalka Jeanne DuPrau Jonathan Safran Foer	0	1 read
The Not-So-Jolly Roger Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales	5	1 read
2095 Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
Tut, Tut Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
Your Mother Was a Neanderthal Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
The Frog Prince Continued Jon Scieszka	4.5	2 reads
Sam Samurai Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
See You Later, Gladiator Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Knucklehead Jon Scieszka	3.5	2 reads
It's all Greek to me Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Funny business Jon Scieszka	5	1 read
Science Verse Jon Scieszka	5	1 read
Other Worlds Other Worlds: Library Edition Eric S. Nylund Greg Ruth D.J. MacHale	0	0 reads
Guys Read #6 Guys Read #6: Terrifying Tales Kelly Barnhill Michael Buckley Adam Gidwitz Adele Griffin Claire Legrand Nikki Loftin Daniel José Older Dav Pilkey R.L. Stine Rita Williams-Garcia Lisa Brown	3	1 read
The Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss	0	1 read
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics	0	1 read
Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The sports pages Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Seen Art? Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Squids will be squids Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	0 reads
Other worlds Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Frank Einstein and the antimatter motor Jon Scieszka	4	1 read
Attack of the Birthday Bunny Jon Scieszka Mac Barnett	5	1 read
Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt Jon Scieszka	4	1 read
Guys Write for Guys Read Jon Scieszka	4	1 read
Smash!Crash! Jon Scieszka	3	1 read
Terrifying Tales Jon Scieszka Adam Gidwitz R.L. Stine Dav Pilkey Michael Buckley Claire Legrand Nikki Loftin Adele Griffin Kelly Barnhill Lisa Brown Daniel José Older	0	0 reads
Squids Will be Squids Squids Will be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Guys Read: Funny Business Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The Frog Prince continued Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Melvin might? Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Cowboy & Octopus Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
El loco invento de Frank Einstein Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Sam Samurai Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Oh say, I can't see Oh say, I can't see Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kat's maps Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci #14 Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kat's mystery gift Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
See You Later, Gladiator Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Spaceheadz Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Baloney, Henry P. Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The Not-So-Jolly Roger Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Plaid to the bone Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The spooky tire Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Me oh Maya! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Uh-oh Max Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Garage tales Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
2095 Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Trucks line up Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Trucksgiving / by Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by the Design Garage (David Shannon, Loren Long, David Gordon) Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Melvin's valentine Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Marco? Polo! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
SPHDZ book #3! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
It's All Greek to Me Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Dizzy Izzy Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Da wild, da crazy, da Vinci Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kindle Kindle Douglas Adams Marjorie Agosín Ann Aguirre Becky Albertalli Kwame Alexander Laurie Halse Anderson M. T. Anderson Jesse Andrews Katherine Applegate Elizabeth Jane Atkinson Kathryn J. Atwood Jonathan Auxier Victoria Aveyard K. A. Barson Blue Balliett Leigh Bardugo Randi G. Barrow Dave Barry Neal Bascomb Joan Bauer Cece Bell Ilsa J. Bick Holly Black William Boniface Coe Booth Erin Bow John Boyne Ray Bradbury Libba Bray Shane Burcaw Meg Cabot Don Calame Orson Scott Card Gail Carriger Ally Carter Nancy J. Cavanaugh Joelle Charbonneau Stephen Chbosky Terra Lynn Childs Cassandra Clare Judy Clemens Ernest Cline Matthew Cody Susann Cokal Suzanne Collins Allyson Braithwaite Condie Leslie Connor Julie Cross Chris d'Lacey Roald Dahl James Dashner Matt de la Peña Sarah Dessen Emma Donoghue Esther Earl Susan Ee Lauren Elizabeth Simone Elkeles Kate Elliott Margarita Engle Kathryn Erskine Elizabeth Fama Tim Federle Kathryn Fitzmaurice Sharon G. Flake John Anthony Flanagan Candace Fleming Jessie Ann Foley Gayle Forman Anne Frank Neil Gaiman Kami Garcia Renée Ahdieh Sally Gardner A. C. Gaughen Donna Gephart Adam Gidwitz Michael Grant John Green Tim Green Tom Greenwald John Grisham Rachel Hartman Aaron Hartzler Christopher Healy Carl Hiaasen Laura Hillenbrand S. E. Hinton Will Hobbs Alice Hoffman Tracy Holczer Jennifer L. Holm K. A. Holt Ellen Hopkins Deborah Hopkinson Lynda Mullaly Hunt Antony John Jaleigh Johnson E.K. Johnston Amie Kaufman	0	0 reads
He Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales He Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales John Glore Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	0 reads
SPHDZ book #2! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Guys Read: Thriller Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Squids Will Be Squids Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Viking it & liking it Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The good, the bad, and the goofy Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Jon Scieszka's Trucktown en Calle de la Lectura Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Tut, Tut Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kat's mystery gift Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Knights of the kitchen table Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
SPHDZ book #1 Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Guys write for guys read Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The book that Jack wrote Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The Book That Jack Wrote Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	3.91	58 reads
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka	4.03	55 reads
Half-minute horrors Holly Black Joyce Carol Oates Neil Gaiman Lesley Livingston R.L. Stine Margaret Atwood Adele Griffin Melissa Marr Nadia Aguiar Katherine Applegate Avi Pseudonymous Bosch Libba Bray Lisa Brown Michael Connelly Joseph Delaney Dan Gutman Erin Hunter Jonathan Lethem Gail Carson Levine Dean Lorey Gregory Maguire Sienna Mercer Lauren Myracle Jenny Nimmo Kenneth Oppel Adam Rex Jon Scieszka Brian Selznick Lemony Snicket Jerry Spinelli Tui T. Sutherland Sarah Weeks Gloria Whelan Allan Stratton James Patterson Angela Johnson Susan Rich Lane Smith	4	4 reads
Other Worlds Other Worlds Shaun Tan Ray Bradbury Tom Angleberger Rebecca Stead D.J. MacHale Eric S. Nylund Kenneth Oppel Shannon Hale Neal Shusterman	0	1 read
Math Curse Jon Scieszka	4.67	5 reads
Summer Reading Is Killing Me! Lane Smith Jon Scieszka	4	2 reads
Knights of the Kitchen Table Lane Smith Jon Scieszka	4	3 reads
Who done it? Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us out Neil Gaiman Lemony Snicket Nick Hornsby George Saunders Kelly Link Richard Jerome Kennedy Jon Scieszka Sam Swope Clement Freud James Kochalka Jeanne DuPrau Jonathan Safran Foer	0	1 read
The Not-So-Jolly Roger Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales	5	1 read
2095 Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
Tut, Tut Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
Your Mother Was a Neanderthal Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
The Frog Prince Continued Jon Scieszka	4.5	2 reads
Sam Samurai Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
See You Later, Gladiator Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Knucklehead Jon Scieszka	3.5	2 reads
It's all Greek to me Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Funny business Jon Scieszka	5	1 read
Science Verse Jon Scieszka	5	1 read
Other Worlds Other Worlds: Library Edition Eric S. Nylund Greg Ruth D.J. MacHale	0	0 reads
Guys Read #6 Guys Read #6: Terrifying Tales Kelly Barnhill Michael Buckley Adam Gidwitz Adele Griffin Claire Legrand Nikki Loftin Daniel José Older Dav Pilkey R.L. Stine Rita Williams-Garcia Lisa Brown	3	1 read
The Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss	0	1 read
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics	0	1 read
Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The sports pages Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Seen Art? Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Jon Scieszka	0	1 read
Squids will be squids Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	0 reads
Other worlds Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Frank Einstein and the antimatter motor Jon Scieszka	4	1 read
Attack of the Birthday Bunny Jon Scieszka Mac Barnett	5	1 read
Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt Jon Scieszka	4	1 read
Guys Write for Guys Read Jon Scieszka	4	1 read
Smash!Crash! Jon Scieszka	3	1 read
Terrifying Tales Jon Scieszka Adam Gidwitz R.L. Stine Dav Pilkey Michael Buckley Claire Legrand Nikki Loftin Adele Griffin Kelly Barnhill Lisa Brown Daniel José Older	0	0 reads
Squids Will be Squids Squids Will be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	1 read
Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Guys Read: Funny Business Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The Frog Prince continued Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Melvin might? Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Cowboy & Octopus Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
El loco invento de Frank Einstein Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Sam Samurai Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Oh say, I can't see Oh say, I can't see Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kat's maps Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci #14 Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kat's mystery gift Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
See You Later, Gladiator Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Spaceheadz Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Baloney, Henry P. Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The Not-So-Jolly Roger Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Plaid to the bone Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The spooky tire Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Me oh Maya! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Uh-oh Max Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Garage tales Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
2095 Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Trucks line up Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Trucksgiving / by Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by the Design Garage (David Shannon, Loren Long, David Gordon) Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Melvin's valentine Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Marco? Polo! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
SPHDZ book #3! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
It's All Greek to Me Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Dizzy Izzy Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Da wild, da crazy, da Vinci Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kindle Kindle Douglas Adams Marjorie Agosín Ann Aguirre Becky Albertalli Kwame Alexander Laurie Halse Anderson M. T. Anderson Jesse Andrews Katherine Applegate Elizabeth Jane Atkinson Kathryn J. Atwood Jonathan Auxier Victoria Aveyard K. A. Barson Blue Balliett Leigh Bardugo Randi G. Barrow Dave Barry Neal Bascomb Joan Bauer Cece Bell Ilsa J. Bick Holly Black William Boniface Coe Booth Erin Bow John Boyne Ray Bradbury Libba Bray Shane Burcaw Meg Cabot Don Calame Orson Scott Card Gail Carriger Ally Carter Nancy J. Cavanaugh Joelle Charbonneau Stephen Chbosky Terra Lynn Childs Cassandra Clare Judy Clemens Ernest Cline Matthew Cody Susann Cokal Suzanne Collins Allyson Braithwaite Condie Leslie Connor Julie Cross Chris d'Lacey Roald Dahl James Dashner Matt de la Peña Sarah Dessen Emma Donoghue Esther Earl Susan Ee Lauren Elizabeth Simone Elkeles Kate Elliott Margarita Engle Kathryn Erskine Elizabeth Fama Tim Federle Kathryn Fitzmaurice Sharon G. Flake John Anthony Flanagan Candace Fleming Jessie Ann Foley Gayle Forman Anne Frank Neil Gaiman Kami Garcia Renée Ahdieh Sally Gardner A. C. Gaughen Donna Gephart Adam Gidwitz Michael Grant John Green Tim Green Tom Greenwald John Grisham Rachel Hartman Aaron Hartzler Christopher Healy Carl Hiaasen Laura Hillenbrand S. E. Hinton Will Hobbs Alice Hoffman Tracy Holczer Jennifer L. Holm K. A. Holt Ellen Hopkins Deborah Hopkinson Lynda Mullaly Hunt Antony John Jaleigh Johnson E.K. Johnston Amie Kaufman	0	0 reads
He Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales He Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales John Glore Jon Scieszka Lane Smith	0	0 reads
SPHDZ book #2! Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Guys Read: Thriller Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Squids Will Be Squids Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Viking it & liking it Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The good, the bad, and the goofy Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Jon Scieszka's Trucktown en Calle de la Lectura Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Tut, Tut Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Kat's mystery gift Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Knights of the kitchen table Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
SPHDZ book #1 Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
Guys write for guys read Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The book that Jack wrote Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads
The Book That Jack Wrote Jon Scieszka	0	0 reads

Jon Scieszka

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