Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories about Growing Up Scieszka
by:
Jon Scieszka (author)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781423399773 (1423399773)
Publish date: August 1st 2009
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
2/15/14 ** I can't believe I didn't read this when it first came out! It made several lists of "best read aloud," and I can't wait. I'll be starting reading it aloud next week with my fourth graders. Scieszka regales the reader with funny and poignant memories of growing up with five brothers. S...
My daughter recommended this one, after reading some of it in school. When her favorite parts came up in the audio, she would jump in and say, "Oh, this is really good," so we would know to listen... This was our first official audiobook of the summer season. We almost always love when an author r...
Funny, very short chapters where Scieszka tells childhood stories. It has sort of a "Christmas Story" reminiscent feel to it, and I suspect adults possibly would like it more than kids, though there's enough to keep boys in particular entertained. I might read the "Car Trip" chapter - a puke domino ...
I think kids would enjoy it more. It is perhaps a little too lightweight for an older reader? On the other hand, it did stir up a bout of nostalgia in me.
HYSTERICAL!