Guys Read: Heroes & Villains (Audiobook)

from Octokitten

Contains daily essays on children's book recommendations for toddlers through teens alongside events and activities for every day of the year. Seems like a really fantastic resource to follow, especially as someone who constantly needs ideas for storytime. The site is easy to use either casually ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Perfect for most 9-12 year-old boys, also pretty darn funny even for a mom. Dramatic, crude, stupid - and laugh-out-loud funny. I am thankful that one story was about a boy who wasn't as macho as the others.

from BrynDahlquis

I surprised myself by enjoying the majority of these stories. Even the ones I didn't like weren't all that bad, either. My favorites: "Will" by Adam Rex was super good. I didn't want that one to end, and would love to read a full-blown novel version. "Artemis Begins" by Eoin Colfer was also reall...

from elissajanine

I enjoyed this book of humorous short stories and will be able to find many ways to use this with my middle school students! Loved the Jon Scieszka and Kate diCamillo story with the letters to the author! So cool!

from KimJD

October 2010 SLJ: Gr 5-8-Building on the success of Guys Write for Guys Read (Viking, 2005), Scieszka continues his mission to take the "reluctant" out of readers with this first volume of the "Guys Read Library." For this title, Scieszka invited some of today's top writers of children's fiction ...