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91st out of 116 books
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54 voters
Guys Write for Guys Read (Guys Read Library of Great Reading)
by
Jon Scieszka ,
Lloyd Alexander, M.T. Anderson, Daniel Adel, Marc Aronson, Avi, T.A. Barron (Goodreads Author), Tedd Arnold
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What is a typical guy moment, anyhow? Daniel Pinkwater remembers the disappointment of meeting his Lone Star Ranger hero up close and personal. Gordon Korman relishes the goofy ultra violence of the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Stephen King realizes that having your two hundred-pound babysitter fart on your five-year-old head prepares you for any literary criticism. And that...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
April 21st 2005
by Viking
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From one of the funniest authors, ever, Job Scieszka brings this amazing collection of short stories just for guys, and guys, alone. In this star studded collection, in my opinion, 'tweens boys will not only enjoy the comedic stories from Dav Pilkey and Gordon Kormin, but well known authors such as Jerry Pikney, Paul O. Zelinsky, Richard Peck, and many, many more. There is an amazing variety of stories that avid readers and non-readers will enjoy simply because all of these authors bring somethi...more
This book is about a 9 on my scale because it reaches out to all kinds of readers. It includes comedy, graphic novels and biographies. The book was not written by one person but multiple authors. This is one of the best short story books I have ever read. Its short stories make it easy to put down but also easy to lose your place. If you’re a reader like me you will skip around in the book and read the stories that you’re interested by. I will have to say the book is very stereotypical about wom...more
Guys Write for Guys Read is an anthology of stories, essays, magazine columns, cartoons, anecdotes and artwork by 90 different male authors and illustrators, including Avi, Neil Gaiman, Matt Groening, Brian Jacques, Stephen King, John Marsden, David Shannon and Chris Van Allsburg (to name just a few).
Each piece is followed by a brief bio that states where the author grew up, where he lives now, offers one random fact (and, for illustrators, a sample piece of art), and provides a bibliography of...more
After reading the title, I wondered if this wasn't too obvious an attempt to get boys to read. Maybe a little too pushy. But then I read the first few stories, and they're short, quick, if you don't like one move on to the next, and they are by real people. The few chapters I read, whether the stories were true or not, were clearly written by men who had once been boys. If the entire book followed in that vein, I can see why it is appealing in its entirety. I even laughed at the kid with the puk...more
I use this book often when discussing memoir and short story writing with my seventh grades. With its humor and realistic writing styles, students of both genders seem to really enjoy this collection.
What I find most beneficial from using this text in my Language Arts classroom is the positive promotion of male writers and readers. Most of this collection includes stories written by male authors, well-known by my students, who discuss some aspect of their personal lives, which often include writ...more
What I find most beneficial from using this text in my Language Arts classroom is the positive promotion of male writers and readers. Most of this collection includes stories written by male authors, well-known by my students, who discuss some aspect of their personal lives, which often include writ...more
I remember reading this book in seventh and eighth grade, thinking it was humorous, clever and fun. reading the book again in tenth grade has given it a whole new meaning- i can relate and understand to the stories so much more now. it's amazing what two years in high school can do to make you understand such stories.
Guys Write for Guys Read is a collection of short stories, anecdotes and essays written by male authors. the book is obviously geared towards teenage boys, as they talk about subjec...more
Guys Write for Guys Read is a collection of short stories, anecdotes and essays written by male authors. the book is obviously geared towards teenage boys, as they talk about subjec...more
This collection for guys contains nearly 80 stories written by some of the most well recognized and regarded young adult authors in the business. Averaging about two pages each, these stories are quick reads typically full of personal anecdotes, humorous storylines, and a whole lot of “boys being boys.” Still, a handful of stories teeter on the border of seriousness, particularly those that address bullying, peer pressure, and issues with parents.
A few of the notable contributors include creato...more
A few of the notable contributors include creato...more
Guys Write for Guys Read is a book of many stories from many different people usually authors. Stories anywhere from how David Shannon first got the idea of his famous book "No David!". To the own authors law school experiences. This book is filled with tons of juicy stories with great illustrations that come along as well. I liked it because it came with many different stories that were true, funny, sad, and scary.
I can't connect this book to any other book because their arent many books like...more
I can't connect this book to any other book because their arent many books like...more
Overall, it was good. I liked that it was broken down into smaller chapters- each author has 3 pages at the most. I liked that it included a biography and fun fact at the end of each section. I loved the artwork.
Favorites- Tedd Arnold,Neil Gaiman, Bruce Hale, James Howe, David Klass, Jerry Pinkney. David Klass has a great story about his dad coming to all his baseball games- he was embarrassed as a kid but as an adult came to appreciate it. Jerry Pinkney writes about Black cowboys.
Least favorite...more
Favorites- Tedd Arnold,Neil Gaiman, Bruce Hale, James Howe, David Klass, Jerry Pinkney. David Klass has a great story about his dad coming to all his baseball games- he was embarrassed as a kid but as an adult came to appreciate it. Jerry Pinkney writes about Black cowboys.
Least favorite...more
Mar 09, 2010
Susan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Marilyn, Rachelle (and Tyler), my boy students, Kena, and others
Recommended to Susan by:
amazon.com :)
This is a fun read! I picked it up when I was looking for short and fun texts to have my students read. I think it will be great for that, especially for boys who are having a hard time getting hooked on reading. The short narratives are delightful and honest about boyhood. Some are especially funny. At the end of each 1-3 page writing by each author, there is brief fun biographical info and a selected bibliography so readers can delve into their books. A few of the writings include some frankly...more
Some of these short stories were really funny and I'll remember them for a long time. Some were so good that I had to grab my fourteen-year-old nephew who has a love/hate relationship with reading (sometimes he's hot, sometimes he's not) and have him read it right then. Others were boring (or would have been boring to a young guy). It was a 50/50 split for me (hence the C rating).
Most poignant piece in my opinion was "Funny You Should Ask" from The Life of Reilly by Rick Reilly where the author...more
Most poignant piece in my opinion was "Funny You Should Ask" from The Life of Reilly by Rick Reilly where the author...more
Jack Prelutsky, Anthony Horowitz, Stephen King, and Chris Crutcher are just a few of the many famous authors and illustrators in this book. These men share their own experiences or stories and art that they have created. Written by men for men. An amazing collection of authors and illustrators that each share either part of their life or a story/picture that they have created. At the end of each section there is a brief biography which describes where they grew up, where they live now and a rand...more
It was a great book. I liked it because it gave personal stories from authors that you can see how they were inspired to write their own novels. There are some illistrators in there too like David Shannon--from No David. It was amazing. I will say my all time favorite was Richard Peck's story of when he met someone at a book talk, who was actually his inspiration on someone in one of his novels! I laughed out loud. My students made me read it to them twice so that they could make sure that they...more
This is a good book to read if you are looking for a book to read. It contains a lot of short stories by illustrators and authors about life lessons, funny stories and how they became what they are today.
I thought the book was very interesting because you got to experience many authors in one book. It even helped to learn about how those authors write. You could choose each story because you have heard of the author or find new ones.
Every story is different in its own way. Funny, sad, scary or...more
I thought the book was very interesting because you got to experience many authors in one book. It even helped to learn about how those authors write. You could choose each story because you have heard of the author or find new ones.
Every story is different in its own way. Funny, sad, scary or...more
Oct 18, 2008
Eddie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
boys that aren't into reading.
Recommended to Eddie by:
No one, it just looked cool.
This book was amazing! It is generally for boys that are trying to get into reading (of course not me because I love to read), and are a bunch of short stories that involve authors sharing stories from their childhood.
"But sometimes, when I’m lying in bed at night before I fall asleep, I roll this mental videotape I have of the time I kicked a basket in gym class. In my mind, I watch myself kick that basket over and over again.
I’ll bet every kid has at least one of those moments in his life when he did something really, really great, something really unexpected.
Close your eyes and think of that moment from time to time. Remember it just the way it happened. Never let that video fade away. Someday, forty years...more
I’ll bet every kid has at least one of those moments in his life when he did something really, really great, something really unexpected.
Close your eyes and think of that moment from time to time. Remember it just the way it happened. Never let that video fade away. Someday, forty years...more
To be honest, this is my favorite Guys Read book! The short stories in it are ideal for a number of things: I read them out loud to my students sometimes, I'll let them borrow it in class to read during silent reading, they are FABULOUS for teaching narrative writing, and of course they are examples of great, enjoyable writing. Not all of them are funny--some of them evoke nostalgia of being a kid, but all of them are enjoyable. Read this if you only have a few minutes here and there to read (yo...more
I picked this up and read a chunk of it while at the library, thinking that it might be something fun for Gabe to read. The essay by Scieszka was so funny I kept laughing out loud.(Most library patrons do not find this kind of behavior amusing; the man closest to me jumped with every chuckle.) Sage came over to see what all the fuss was about and as we read it together, we were both laughing so hard, the tears started flowing. (We left quickly after so as not to find ourselves ejected from the l...more
This book was disgstingly full of stereotypes of what what a guy should be. The stories are about sports, doing stupid things, eating, cars, fishing, etc.. a few of them were still enjoyable, but too many were just "a guy is like this" type thing. A guy who is kind of feminine is no less of a guy, but this book pretty much ignores that. I am a kind of feminine guy, and it was disappointing to me that I didn't identify with many of the stories, in a book that specifically says it's for guys. Only...more
Mar 30, 2011
Adela
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
really old guys who want to reminisce about life in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Shelves:
ian-s-bedtime-stories
There was one actually funny thing in this, and that is the Mo Willems comic strip. I don't really know how Jon Scieska and his cronies expect to connect with non-reader boys with stories about being a boy when the authors are telling about being a boy (or teenager) in the 1950s and 1960--and in one case in the 1940s celebrating the end of World War II. The stories were mostly really boring, very pointless, and did not make me want to read the authors' other work. Even the Eoin Colfer story--and...more
I find boys tend to have a harder time picking out books than girls. Maybe they are more reluctant to try new books or lets face it girls really have more books written for them. I am so glad to see more books out there for boys, which are really my favorite books anyway. This book is short, humorous and different. You don't have to read the whole book but can pick and choose which authors appeal to you. I usually try to have the boy's read it to find a new author and check out their writing sty...more
Really fun and cool short stories written by name-brand authors, a few unknowns and many in-between. This series of short stories focuses on the guy authors themselves telling a 1-4 page short story about their lives. Some are funny, sad, romantic, sporty, gross, and just plain GUY. Thought it was upbeat and cool, would definitely recommend to guys to get them amped about reading. It's easy to be a reader when like a TV station, the channels are changing all of the time-- I think that's one thin...more
Very short stories/drawings/essays from quazillion famous male authors and illustrators for kids.
I read this at first intending to suggest it as a sampler so kids could get a taste of all these author's work. But the samples included are mostly autobiographical and don't really represent the genres/styles of the actual authors, so I wouldn't recommend it for that purpose. Instead it's more of a benefit project for the Guys Read website, which is a worthy cause, of course. Fun to read through so...more
I read this at first intending to suggest it as a sampler so kids could get a taste of all these author's work. But the samples included are mostly autobiographical and don't really represent the genres/styles of the actual authors, so I wouldn't recommend it for that purpose. Instead it's more of a benefit project for the Guys Read website, which is a worthy cause, of course. Fun to read through so...more
To raise money for his male-literacy website guysread.com, Scieszca approached several guy writers to submit short stories about being guys. Most of the works are autobiographical, but others are fiction. They are all fairly short and cover issues such as girls, embarrassing moments, triumphant moments, headbutting with parents, figuring out parents, good friends, bad friends, etc.
• No language or sexual issues
• The stories are written at a junior high reading level, but are enjoyable to teenage...more
• No language or sexual issues
• The stories are written at a junior high reading level, but are enjoyable to teenage...more
Note: this response is only to one of the short stories in the book
"Thwacked", by David Granger, is a short story about an incident when the author was younger. It wasn’t very important, but it taught him a lesson. I think The lesson is if you have a problem with someone, instead of doing something you shouldn’t do, you can figure out a peaceful way to sort it out and shrug it off.
In the beginning of the story, David starts off as seeming like a good kid, but someone else, Bill Dugan, is anno...more
"Thwacked", by David Granger, is a short story about an incident when the author was younger. It wasn’t very important, but it taught him a lesson. I think The lesson is if you have a problem with someone, instead of doing something you shouldn’t do, you can figure out a peaceful way to sort it out and shrug it off.
In the beginning of the story, David starts off as seeming like a good kid, but someone else, Bill Dugan, is anno...more
Lloyd Alexander started it off wonderfully (of course!); Terry Davis's made me tear up; Jon Scieszka's made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe for 5 minutes or so; and I loved Richard Peck's story about his bully-correcting, prank-loving father. The essays and comics are short (1-3 pages on average), and can be hit or miss even with authors you love (Neil Gaiman's didn't do much for me). But it's a nifty little book whose proceeds go to charity (also lots of great illustrators and artists invol...more
Jun 17, 2008
Anna Francesca
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Guys (kids & adolescents)
Shelves:
young-adult
The stories in this are wonderfully short (like two-pages each) and mostly autobiographical. Editor Scieszka has amassed pieces from many well-known "guy" authors and illustrators. While our library categorizes this book as "YA" (Young Adult), the vast majority of stories read more like "J" (Juvenille). It is probably the few stories with more mature content that pushed the book into the YA area (lest we offend).
I enjoyed these tales, though none was life-shattering for me. I feel like I have a...more
I enjoyed these tales, though none was life-shattering for me. I feel like I have a...more
GWFGR was a rather painful read. Let me just get that out in the open. The premise is that this is a "rich collection of stories, mini-memoirs, advice, poems, comic, and drawings. . . . Here is an irresistibly readable book, filled with defining guy moments—funny, sad, triumphant, or humiliating. Who says guys don't read? They will, if they can read the writers they love!" Now, call my a cynic, but even though I love the premise behind the book, I find the book itself to be terribly flawed.
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"Guys Write for Guys Read" is about these great authors had the idea to write a book about being a guy. This memoir is about the amusing childhood or adulthood of these fantastic authors. I like this book because the authors have very entertaining lives.
There are comics, poems, and stories that you will love if you like short stories. I would give this book 3 stars because it is a funny book, but it is not so good, that I would read it constantly. It is still a great book! I hope you like it!
There are comics, poems, and stories that you will love if you like short stories. I would give this book 3 stars because it is a funny book, but it is not so good, that I would read it constantly. It is still a great book! I hope you like it!
Guys Write for Guys Read is a very awesome book, with many short stories in it. The book has a lot of stories that are specifically for guys to enjoy. so far my favorite story is about a boy who had a date to a dance but couldn't go because he broke his leg. But other students lied saying he dished the girl because he is a little wuss. His point is that people could be so crude and mean, and you shouldn't trust anyone because he said that is how life is.
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Jon Scieszka is a writer and teacher. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children. Occasionally he has been known to howl at the full moon. --from the dust jacket of "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs"
Jon Scieszka is also the author of the best-selling ALA Notable Book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, as well as Knights of the Kitchen Table, and The Not-So-Jolly Roger...more
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Jon Scieszka is also the author of the best-selling ALA Notable Book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, as well as Knights of the Kitchen Table, and The Not-So-Jolly Roger...more
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