Comments on: Jon Scieszka reflects on his term as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/jon-scieszka-reflects-on-his-term-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:29:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Lee http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/jon-scieszka-reflects-on-his-term-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/#comment-1247 Mary Lee Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:26:57 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=8816#comment-1247 Thanks for taking part in Jon's party! Thanks for taking part in Jon’s party!

]]> By: Jon Scieszka http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/jon-scieszka-reflects-on-his-term-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/#comment-1246 Jon Scieszka Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=8816#comment-1246 Thanks for the Ambassadorial love Paper Tigers. Thanks for the Ambassadorial love Paper Tigers.

]]> By: Two exciting announcements….. http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/jon-scieszka-reflects-on-his-term-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/#comment-1245 Two exciting announcements….. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:08:04 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=8816#comment-1245 [...] of the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature will take place. For the past two years, Jon Scieszka has held this position and he has done an absolutely outstanding job! Check out the roundup of [...] [...] of the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature will take place. For the past two years, Jon Scieszka has held this position and he has done an absolutely outstanding job! Check out the roundup of [...]

]]> By: Mardel http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/jon-scieszka-reflects-on-his-term-as-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/#comment-1244 Mardel Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:45:20 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=8816#comment-1244 " Expand the definition of “reading” to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won’t read shark books forever." I love this advice. I was always a big fiction reader, and all my kids were too - except my youngest. He loved Nintendo, the weather on TV news, and sports. I used to buy him all kinds of books, but he never read them. Finally I figured out that all he was interested in was real stuff, facts, statistics, etc. He liked reading the newspaper - especially the sports section. The next time I bought a book, I bought him a book about the NFL. He loved it. To this day (he's 20 now) he'd rather read about reality than fiction - although he will occasionally read a fiction book now. Expanding the definition of reading is an excellant idea. ” Expand the definition of “reading” to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It’s the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won’t read shark books forever.”

I love this advice. I was always a big fiction reader, and all my kids were too – except my youngest. He loved Nintendo, the weather on TV news, and sports. I used to buy him all kinds of books, but he never read them. Finally I figured out that all he was interested in was real stuff, facts, statistics, etc. He liked reading the newspaper – especially the sports section. The next time I bought a book, I bought him a book about the NFL. He loved it. To this day (he’s 20 now) he’d rather read about reality than fiction – although he will occasionally read a fiction book now. Expanding the definition of reading is an excellant idea.

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