The Author of "The Stinky Cheese Man"

I couldn't help but didn't want to wait until the end of the year to talk about this. Jon Scieszka, is an amazing author. I can't help but still feel honored that I had the chance to meet him when I was in elementary school. His book "The Stinky Cheese Man" was by far my most favorite book all around. I had his book and he autographed it! I wish I could go back home to San Antonio and find it and bring it to our literature class when we finally discuss this book.

I wanted to research a little and find out why he wrote these books, here is what I found:

write books because I love to make kids laugh. I knew Lane Smith (illustrator of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!, The Stinky Cheese Man and Squids Will Be Squids) would do a great job because we like a lot of the same cartoons and books and ideas. And we laugh at each other's bad jokes all of the time. Our audience is hardcore silly kids, and there are a lot of 'em out there! My motto in writing is: "Never underestimate the intelligence of your audience." Kids can be silly and smart!


I believe they are such great stories, just because its not like your "typical" fairy tale! :)