The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Picture Puffin) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Picture Puffin) Book

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 heed 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. Read More

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    Features various fairy tales including: 'Chicken Licken', 'The Princess and the Bowling Ball'; 'The Really Ugly Duckling', and 'Jack's Bean Problem'.

  • Play

    Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: "Chicken Licken", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball"; "The Really Ugly Duckling", and "Jack's Bean Problem". Chosen by children as the Book of the Year for the Federation of Children's Book Groups, this book was described by "She magazine" as, 'The most delightful collection of stories a young cynic could hope to read'.

  • BookDepository

    The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales : Paperback : Penguin Random House Children's UK : 9780140548969 : 0140548963 : 01 Oct 1998 : Features various fairy tales including: "Chicken Licken"", ""The Princess and the Bowling Ball""; ""The Really Ugly Duckling"", and ""Jack's Bean Problem""."

  • 0140548963
  • 9780140548969
  • Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
  • 26 August 1993
  • Puffin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 56
  • New Ed
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