Guys Write for Guys Read
Posted by DBRLTeen on Saturday, March 14th, 2009
DBRLTeen knows guys and girls often prefer different kinds of books. Here’s a great book for the guys, made up of almost 100 writers and illustrators, writing about their boyhood or teenhood or how they got interested in reading, writing, or drawing. DON’T WORRY! Each author only gets a couple pages, and most of them are pretty funny. Its an easy book to browse, skipping the authors you’re not interested in. Lots of well-known authors contributed, including Avi, Eoin Colfer, Matt Groening, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, Anthony Horowitz, Brian Jacques, Stephen King, Darren Shan, and many more.
A personal favorite is the one by Jack Gantos, telling how in his childhood his friend’s older brother would launch them through the air with a home-made catapult. Jack’s mother could not comprehend why the boys did this when the results were always painful. Some things mothers never do understand…
Guys Read is actually a great website (www.guysread.com) started by Jon Scieszka, writer of the Time Warp Trio series. It recommends books that boys of all ages enjoy reading. No girl books allowed!
This book is a Young Adult nonfiction book, so its upstairs on the 2nd floor in the Columbia Public Library – YA 810.8092. Click this sentence to see if we have any on the shelf.