Jon Scieszka is an author known for collaborating with other authors and illustrators. When writing, his process involves making himself sit down and think without worrying if his first draft is perfect. When stuck, he works on other projects and returns later with a fresh perspective. He gets many of his ideas from his experiences as a teacher and father as well as daydreaming while staring out windows.

1. JON SCIESZKA
SEPTEMBER 8, 1954
AUTHOR OF THE MONTH

2. FIND JON'S MEMOIR
IN THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION
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3. J O N S C I E S Z K A O F T E N
C O L L A B O R A T E S W I T H
O T H E R A U T H O R S A N D
I L L U S T R A T O R S
TEACHINGBOOKS: Can you please
share a bit about your writing process?
JON SCIESZKA: My writing process is to
first actually make myself sit down and
think. The other piece is to not sweat it so
much. It doesn't come out perfectly right
the first time. I think everyone sort of
thinks deep down that you want the thing
to be just spectacular right away. But in
writing, it hardly ever is.

4. JON SCIESZKA HAS ADAPTED MANY FOLK
TALES AND FABLES INTO NEW STORIES
BY CHANGING THE CHARACTERS,
SETTING AND HAPPENINGS.

5. F I N D J O N ' S P I C T U R E
B O O K S I N T H E E A S Y
S E C T I O N
TEACHINGBOOKS: What do you
do when you get stuck?
JON SCIESZKA: I'm usually
working on so many different
projects that I've got things all over
the place. If I run into a bit of a
problem with one project, I'll just go
do something else for awhile or
work on a different project. E
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6. HOW DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS?
I get my ideas from having
been an elementary school
teacher for ten years, growing
up with five brothers, being a
dad, staring out the window,
reading books, staring out the
window some more, listening
to music, walking around
Brooklyn, staring out the
window again, and then writing
stuff down so I don't forget
what I was thinking when I
was staring out the window.

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WARP TRIO IN THE FICTION SECTION
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• http://tbooks.swb.orc.scoolaid.net/interview.cgi?id=42
• http://www.jsworldwide.com/you_asked_we_answered.html
• http://www.theresabook.com/2011/05/author-interview-20-questions-with-
jon-scieszka/
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