Tut Tut (The Time Warp Trio) [Student Edition] [Paperback]

Jon Scieszka (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590456105
• ISBN-13: 978-0590456104
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,369,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan on September 8th, 1954. He grew up with five brothers, has the same birthday as Peter Sellers and the Virgin Mary, and a sneaking suspicion that the characters in his Dick and Jane reader were not of this world. Those plain facts, plus his elementary school principal dad, Louis, his registered nurse mom, Shirley (who once took Jon's Cub Scout den on a field trip to the prenatal ward), Mad Magazine, four years of pre-med undergrad, "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University, Robert Benchley, five years of painting apartments in New York City, his lovely wife Jeri Hansen who introduced him to Molly Leach and Lane Smith, Green Eggs and Ham, his teenage daughter Casey and almost teenage son Jake, ten years of teaching a little bit of everything from first grade to eighth grade, and the last twenty years of living in Brooklyn...are just some of Jon's answers to the questions, "Where do you get your ideas?" and/or "How did you become a writer?" I don't know, just because, none of your beeswax, and flapdoodle poppycock and balderdash are some more of Jon's answers to questions you can imagine on your own. Jon met up with Lane Smith around 1986 or so, and nothing has been the same since. Their first book, the wiseguy fairy tale retelling, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! was initially rejected by most publishers as "too weird" and "too sophisticated". Published by Viking in 1989, The True Story has now sold over a million copies, been translated into ten languages, and been called a "classic picture book for all ages". Jon and Lane's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (1992) took the world of the picture book a few steps further. Goofing with the conventions of fairy tales and even being a book, The Stinky Cheese Man became a household word, sold another mess of copies in multiple languages, offended a few purists, and still managed to win a Caldecott Honor medal. Math Curse (1995) further stretched the notion of what subjects make good picture books, selling more books faster than either 3 Little Pigs or Stinky Cheese, and winning a whole slew of awards --all for a book full of mathematics.More recently, Jon and Lane have resurrected fables (in the smart, funny, and a little bit wicked way Aesop would have wanted them) in their latest collaboration, Squids Will Be Squids (1998). No telling where they might take the picture book next. Someone once wrote, "Jon Scieszka has forever changed the face of children's literature." And while there is still some confusion over exactly who that someone was, and whether children's literature does, in fact, have a face, most would agree-from The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! to Squids Will Be Squids, since Scieszka put pen to paper, children's literature sure has been...different.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More action, more humor, more pleasure!, July 14, 2000

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Dawn Dixon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tut, Tut (The Time Warp Trio Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

My favorite of the Time Warp Trio's adventures so far. This time, the boys end up in the land of King Tut and hieroglyphics. Fear of having their hands chopped off and being mummified are just two of the threats the boys have hanging over their heads when they face the mysteries of ancient Egypt. A wonderful look into customs and beliefs mixed with great humor, terrific storytelling, and non-stop adventure. Another book of the Time Warp Trio series, Jon Scieszka is a master at storytelling. He combines adventure, history, fantasy and humor in a compelling format that even reluctant readers will find hard to put down.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, November 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tut, Tut (The Time Warp Trio Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

Have you ever wanted to travel back in time? In this book three kids (Sam, Joe, Fred) can!!! They have this magical book and you can type in a number and that is year that you travel back to. I think that is soooooo cool!!! In this book the three boys travel back to the Ancient Egypt,but there is one problem. To get home they have to find the "Book" and they lost it!!! How will they get home?? To find out then you should buy the book!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Excititng Mystery, February 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tut, Tut (The Time Warp Trio Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is exciting. You always want to turn the page. It is funny and interesting.It takes place in ancient Egypt.In Tut Tut there is a girl named Annie. She is 6 and two brothers. I would tell you to read it.The name is Tut Tut.