Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Sczieska

A very funny book, with a strange twist on fables.  This author Jon Sczieska and illustrator, Lane Smith, provide a forum for learning about fables in a wacky way.  Whether it is this book, or his many others, such as The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Math Curse, or The Stinky Cheese Man, older children will be intrigued and entertained by the trademark sense of humor. Students can write their own "fractured" fairy tales or strange fables and post online at the Scholastic website. Sczieska has a great website - Guys Read, which outlines books that "guys" will enjoy. There is also another, Boys Read, which has titles, graphics, etc of interest. These two sites, along with the books by Sczieska, give young adolescents a resource for searching interesting, relevant and uninque books to encourage reading.

Try this goofy, exccentric, quirky book with your readers.