The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
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Author: Jon ScieszkaBrand: Viking Juvenile
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-10-01
ISBN: 067084487X
Number of pages: 56
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
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- ISBN13: 9780670844876
- Condition: New
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Summary of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and picures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. The individual tales, such as he Really Ugly Ducklingand ittle Red Running Shorts,can be extracted for telling aloud, with great success. Another masterpiece from the team that created The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!
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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 ugly duck, and the princess who kisses the frog wins only a mouthful of amphibian slime. The Stinky Cheese Man 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.
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