Guys Read: The Sports Pages
Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Children&#8217;s Literature emeritus and the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for kids, includingThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,Math Curse,Robot Zot!, and the Time Warp Trio series. Jon founded Guys Read to encourage a passion for reading among young boys, with the philosophy that boys love to read most when they are reading things they love. A former elementary school teacher, Jon lives in Brooklyn with his family.Dan Santat, the author and illustrator ofThe Guild of Geniuses. He's also developing his own animated television show.Gordon Korman has written more than seventy middle-grade and teen novels. Favorites include theNew York TimesbestsellingThe 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers: Book One: The Medusa Plot;Pop;Schooled;No More Dead Dogs;Son of the Mob; andBorn to Rock. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York.Chris Rylander is the author of the Fourth Stall saga. A fan of chocolate, chips, and chocolate chips, he lives in Chicago.Dan Gutman is the author of the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies, and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 6.5 million copies!Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, he has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. Dan Gutman lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey, with his wife, Nina, and their two children, Sam and Emma.Anne Ursu is the author ofBreadcrumbs, whichKirkus Reviewscalled a &#34;transforming testament to the power of friendship&#34; in a starred review, and was acclaimed as one of the best books of 2011 by theBulletin of the Center for Children&#39;s Books,School Library Journal,Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, and the Chicago Public Library. It was also on the IndieBound Next List and was an NPR Backseat Book Club featured selection. She was also the recipient of the 2013 McKnight Fellowship Award in Children&#39;s Literature. Anne teaches at Hamline University&#39;s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Minneapolis with her son and three cats&#8212;monster fighters, all.Tim Green played Little League baseball for many years before specializing in football. After graduating as covaledictorian from Syracuse University, he was a first-round draft pick and played as a star defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons for eight years. He earned his law degree with honors and has worked as an NFL analyst for FOX Sports and an NFL commentator for NPR.When his sons began to play baseball, Tim drew on his early love of the game to coach their teams. His exciting books for young readers include theNew York TimesbestsellingUnstoppable,Baseball Great,Rivals, andBest of the Best. He has also written the novelsFootball Genius,Football Champ, andThe Big Time, starring Troy White, andFootball Hero, starring Ty Lewis. Troy and Ty meet in Tim&#39;s exciting Football Genius novelDeep Zone.Tim Green lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York.Joseph Bruchac is the author ofSkeleton Man,The Return of Skeleton Man,Bearwalker,The Dark Pond, andWhisper in the Dark, as well as numerous other critically acclaimed novels, poems, and stories, many drawing on his Abenaki heritage. Mr. Bruchac and his wife, Carol, live in upstate New York, in the same house where he was raised by his grandparents.Jacqueline Woodson was awarded Newbery honors for her booksFeathersandShow Wayand was a National Book Award finalist for her booksHushandLocomotion; the latter also received a Coretta Scott King Honor, as did her booksI Hadn't Meant to Tell You ThisandFrom the Notebooks Of Melanin Sun.Miracle's Boyswon the Coretta Scott King Award.