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Welcome to Kids Mistakes, which is the Website for WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A STURGEON: AND OTHER WRONG THINGS KIDS WRITE from Sasquatch Books, which has set up an interactive Webpage for the book.
The book includes examples of the funny writing mistakes kids, collected from hundreds of sources -- from teachers and parents all over the U.S., from the Internet, and from some books on language and folklore. It was just published by Sasquatch Books in October 2006.
Now I'm collecting more writing mistakes for the next book.
Whether you're a teacher, parent,
kid, or
The mistakes can include anything
from
These mistakes can also include
humorous comments about history, science, math, literature,
psychology, philosophical wisdom,
"Atoms are made up of elections." "To overcome stress, you need to stay clam."
"The most common form of marriage around the world
I also wanted to extend special thanks to the many teachers, parents, and students who have been so kindly spreading the word to others about this project. I have heard back from many enthusiastic contributors, who have learned about the book through their efforts. In fact, some of the contributions have come from all over the world -- most recently from Finland, New Zealand, Israel, and the U.K.
As in the first book, I won’t be using any names of the
kids, just indicating, where
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teenager,
I'm
looking for examples of humorous mistakes in writing by kids from 5
to 20 years old -- from elementary school to college.
misspellings
to misusing words to misquoting quotes or using the English language
in unusual or
inappropriate
ways.
politics,
and other subjects; excuse notes, fractured grammar, metaphors, and
kids from another culture who make mistakes in learning and writing
English. For example:
known,
their age or grade, gender, and section of the country, and I will
crediting everyone who has provided contributions in the credits
section in the back of
the book. All submissions will also be considered for a TV
game/reality show based on the book, which will include prizes and TV appearances for
anyone whose writing is featured.
I
have previously published other books on popular culture with
different publishers, such as Can We Talk? on talk shows, and
I am an anthropologist whose specialties include popular culture.
You can see more about me and other books I have written at my Web
sites: 
You
can send in your examples by e-mail to