(Candlewick, 2009)
Thirteen well-loved comic writers for young people tell how they found their funny bones, their voices, and themselves. Leonard talks with Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Sharon Creech, Christopher Paul Curtis, Anne Fine, Daniel Handler, Carl Hiaasen, Norton Juster, Dick King-Smith, Hilary McKay, Louis Sachar, and Jon Scieszka, with a not-to-be-missed cameo appearance by Daniel Pinkwater.
Hear Leonard talk about Funny Business at the Strand Bookstore here:
“Illuminating [and] intriguing. . . This title should find its way onto shelves for readers of all ages.” — Maria B. Salvadore, School Library Journal (starred review)
Booklist (starred review)
“A great way to see how authors do what they do.” — Indiana Post-Tribune
“Children . . . are certain to savor this collection.” — Jennifer M. Brown, Shelf Awareness.com
