false 407429 8 If geese had graves, Mother Goose would be rolling in hers. <I>The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales</I> retells--and wreaks havoc on--the allegories we all thought we knew by heart. In these irreverent variations on well-known themes, the ugly duckling grows up to be an ugly duck, and the princess who kisses the frog wins only a mouthful of amphibian slime. <I>The Stinky Cheese Man</I> deconstructs not only the tradition of the fairy tale but also the entire notion of a book. Our naughty narrator, Jack, makes a mockery of the title page, the table of contents, and even the endpaper by shuffling, scoffing, and generally paying no mind to structure. Characters slide in and out of tales; Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and the Giant at the top of the beanstalk snacks on the Little Red Hen. There are no lessons to be learned or morals to take to heart--just good, sarcastic fun that smart-alecks of all ages will love. 1814587 book 1 10 1992 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales total:4814|5:2211|4:1553|3:834|2:169|1:47| 4814 20154 5384 349 4 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sat Jan 03 14:23:01 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:33:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false true Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sat Mar 01 19:34:23 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 19:35:28 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Tue Oct 07 15:06:10 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 10:22:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 09:54:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 10:17:12 -0700 2009 If geese had graves, Mother Goose would be rolling in hers. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales retells--and wreaks havoc on--the allegories we all thought we knew by heart. In these irreverent variations on well-known themes, the ugly duckling grows up to be an u...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 14:45:10 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:38:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu Mar 26 21:00:13 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 21:06:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 18:36:16 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 18:42:57 -0700 2009 at least 15 times more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Thu Apr 23 21:03:47 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 17:18:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 11:30:53 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:39:43 -0800 2008
The Stinky Cheese Man is one of the stories in this collection of fractured tales - each one gives a hysterical take on a well kn...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:46:07 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 23:38:09 -0700 2009 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Viking, 1992)

I've been hearing about this book forever, so I finally got round to picking up a copy and breezing through it. There's a lot to be said about the undermining of the world of fairy tales, but not being a scho...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 17 11:24:39 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 19:25:26 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Fri Mar 02 08:09:43 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 14 06:19:36 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Mon Aug 11 14:08:59 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 14:09:13 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Sep 30 19:06:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 19:06:50 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Mon Sep 01 19:49:12 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 19:53:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Aug 05 22:29:38 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 23:16:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Mon Apr 13 23:27:29 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 22:04:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 13:54:34 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 19:55:47 -0800 2008 too many to count
On length: The stories in the book are short enough that he can sit through a reading of the entire book. Sometimes he likes hear one or two stories over and over (and over).

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Reading Level: Fluent ages 8-11

Topics and Themes: These tales are twists on old fairy tales. The book is a parody of the classics.

Curricular Use: Read- Aloud or Independent Reading for Fluent readers

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I think the type of humor in this book hits t...more...]]>