3 Little Pigs! 2001: Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of the Year citation, Baloney, (Henry P.) 2001: Reading Magic Award, Parenting magazine, Baloney, (Henry P.) 2001: The New York Times Book Review, Notable Books, Baloney, (Henry P.) 2001: Reading Magic Awards, Parenting magazine Baloney, (Henry P.) 2002: Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Baloney, (Henry P.) 2002: Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature, Baloney, (Henry P.) 2004: Parent's Choice Award, Gold, Non-Fiction, Science Verse 2005: American Library Association, Notable Children's Book Award, Science Verse 2005: Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Literature, Science Verse 2009: Bank Street Best Books of the Year, Robot Zot 2009: Irma S. Black Award, Honor Book, Robot Zot 2009: The New York Times Book Review, Bestseller, Robot Zot On writing In his autobiography, Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka, he writes that his inspiration for much of his work comes from the "strange things" that happened to him while growing up with his brothers. Scieszka creates outlines for the books of his Time Warp Trio series for structural reasons. When writing other books, however, he says, "Anything goes. Middle first, sometimes end, sometimes title, sometimes punchline." References External links 1954 births Living people American children's writers American people of Polish descent Albion College alumni Culver Academies alumni Writers from Flint, Michigan Reading skill advocates Columbia University School of the Arts alumni