What Rhymes with Scieszka?

(School) Summer Reading Lists are here. . . and we just know that all you eager readers will soon be storming the Youth Services Desk looking for just the right thing to read. :) We thought we’d give you a hand with the task of asking the staff to help you find the author of your choice by offering you a few pronunciation guides:

For example, Brian Jacques’s last name is pronounced JAKES; Jon Scieszka’s last name rhymes with FRESCA; Avi’s real name isn’t Avi at all!

Like to see more? Here are a few pages devoted to just this very thing:

• http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/1990_96/nov96_scieszka.asp
• http://mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us/library/libpg/Dictionary/dict.html
• http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi

Have fun!
-Mrs. K (missiz KAY) a/k/a Mrs. Krasniewicz (missiz KRAZ nuh wits)
(unless you want to say it in Polish, in which case it’s missiz krahsh NEV itch)