Knucklehead : Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka (Paperback)

from oapostrophe

A collection of mostly humorous memories of his childhood growing up with 5 brothers in Flint, Michigan. HIs dad, who was a school principal, referred to his 6 boys often as 'knuckheleads' and you'll understand why after reading some of their adventures, like stuffing their model planes with fire...

from shumphreys

Jon Scieszka relates the very comical and wild childhood memories of growing up with 5 brothers back in the 50s in the suburbs of Michigan. Tales of naivete and innocence incur such laugh-out-loud moments in this book. After likening a new space heater to a campfire, why does it smell so bad when...

from ConanTheLibr

This book is a quick and hilarious read, a childhood memoir of Jon Scieszka's childhood in Flint, MI, growing up with five brothers. If you don't find yourself laughing uproariously at least once, you must not have a Funny Bone in your body. I'm not a particular fan of slapstick or SGS (Stupid Gu...

from tjacko

Anyone who grew up in a middle-class American family or neighborhood with boys can relate to this book. Jon Scieszka reflects on his childhood experiences from wrestling with his brothers to family vacations. This book is great for readers of all ages, and will keep you laughing the whole way thr...

from allawishus

This was quite a cute autobiography; I'm only familiar with a few of Scieszka's picture books...I've never read the Time Warp Trio series or his newest truck books. I wasn't especially dying to know more about him. But I was pleasantly surprised to find the very ordinariness of his childhood to b...