than girls on federal reading tests every year, at every grade level. In 2008 Scieszka was named the nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Librarian of Congress. During his two years as Ambassador, it was his job to raise "national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education and the development and betterment of the lives of young people." For Scieszka, this meant traveling to schools, libraries, and book-related conferences to speak about engaging kids in reading through choice, an expanded definition of reading, positive role models, and embracing new technologies. He has joked that being an ambassador gets him out of parking tickets. Books Scieszka has written and edited many books for various publishers. Picture books The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, illustrated by Lane Smith - Harper & Row - 1989 The Frog Prince, Continued, illustrated by Steven Johnson - Viking Press - 1991 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales - Viking Press - 1992 The Book That Jack Wrote, illustrated by Dan Adel - Viking Press - 1994 (out of print) Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press - 1995 Squids Will Be Squids, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press - 1998 Baloney, (Henry P.), illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press - 2001 Science Verse, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press - 2004 Seen Art?, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press- 2005 Cowboy and Octopus, illustrated by Lane Smith - Viking Press - 2007 Walt Disney’s Alice In Wonderland, illustrated by Mary Blair - Disney Press - 2008 Robot Zot, illustrated by David Shannon - Simon & Schuster - 2009 Series The Time Warp Trio Also see The Time Warp Trio The Time Warp Trio books are illustrated middle grade novels about three boys, Sam, Joe, and Fred, who travel through time and space with a magical book. The early books were illustrated by Lane Smith, and later ones by Adam McCauley. They are published by Viking Press. Knights of the Kitchen Table, illustrated by Lane Smith- 1991 The Not-so-Jolly Roger, illustrated by Lane Smith - 1991 The Good, The Bad, And The Goofy, illustrated by Lane Smith - 1992 Your Mother Was A Neanderthal, illustrated by Lane Smith - 1993 2095, illustrated by Lane Smith - 1995 Tut Tut, illustrated by Lane Smith -