The Children’s Book Council 2011 Awards . . .
. . . are never complete until a bestselling picture book author appears in drag as Snookie.
10 points if you can correctly identify “her” (no fair if you were at the gala last night).
Big time thanks to @RoccoA for the image!
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Jon Scieszka?
Dang. That obvious?
I was going to guess Scieszka, too. I think the big question is, what *other* bestselling picture book author would do something so zany — not to mention pull it off so successfully?
That has to be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen!
I wasn’t entirely sure based on the picture, but I also guessed Scieszka based on Lisa’s logic.
nice guns.
Who else but Jon Scieszka would do this!? Lovely spray tan, Jon–it matches the orange juice I snorted out my nose when I saw this. Thanks for sharing–I needed a great laugh.