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Guys read : funny business / edited and with an introduction by Jon Scieszka ; stories by Mac Barnett ... [et al.] ; with illustrations by Adam Rex.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Guys readPublication details: New York : Walden Pond Press, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 268 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0061963739 (pbk. bdg.)
  • 0061963747 (trade bdg.)
  • 9780061963735 (pbk. bdg.)
  • 9780061963742 (trade bdg.)
Other title:
  • Funny business
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Best of friends / Mac Barnett -- Will / Adam Rex -- Artemis begins / Eoin Colfer -- A letter from Jon Scieszka regarding Jeff Kinney -- Dear Lady Author / Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieszka -- A fistful of feathers / David Yoo -- Kid appeal / David Lubar -- What? You think you got it rough?? / Christopher Paul Curtis -- My parents give my bedroom to a biker / Paul Feig -- The bloody souvenir / Jack Gantos.
Summary: A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenaged mummy, a homicidal turkey, and the world's largest pool of chocolate milk.
List(s) this item appears in: Short Stories
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Scieszka Jon Available 33111006456723
Total holds: 0

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Funny Business, the first volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend's face.

There's something for everyone in this collection of short stories from some of the funniest writers around. This hilarious, offbeat first installment in the Guys Read Library is 100% grade-A humor, guaranteed to have kids of all ages asking for more.

Authors include Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieszka, Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo, with illustrations by Adam Rex.

Best of friends / Mac Barnett -- Will / Adam Rex -- Artemis begins / Eoin Colfer -- A letter from Jon Scieszka regarding Jeff Kinney -- Dear Lady Author / Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieszka -- A fistful of feathers / David Yoo -- Kid appeal / David Lubar -- What? You think you got it rough?? / Christopher Paul Curtis -- My parents give my bedroom to a biker / Paul Feig -- The bloody souvenir / Jack Gantos.

A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenaged mummy, a homicidal turkey, and the world's largest pool of chocolate milk.

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