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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-10067084487X
ISBN-139780670844876
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038673470
Product Key Features
Book TitleStinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales : a Caldecott Honor Book
Number of Pages56 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicHumorous Stories, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General, Short Stories
IllustratorYes, Smith, Lane
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction
AuthorJon Scieszka
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length10.7 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN91-048194
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews* A Caldecott Honor Book * An ABBY Honor Book * Publishers Weekly Top Selling Kids Books of All Time List * ALA Notable Children's Book * New York Times Notable Book of the Year * School Library Journal Best Books of the Year * Booklist Editor's Choice "The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale." -- Horn Book "Irrepressibly zany and fun." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review
Grade FromPreschool
Grade ToSecond Grade
SynopsisA Caldecott Honor Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Book This award-winning picture book is a wild, irreverent collection of reimagined fairy tales from the author and illustrator of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! . Makes for an extremely fun and funny read-aloud for the whole family. A long time ago, people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment. Those stories were called Fairy Tales. Those stories are not in this book. The stories in this book are Fairly Stupid Tales. In this fourth wall-breaking picture book, young readers will delight in the strange twists on familiar tales. From "The Stinky Cheese Man" to "Cinderummpelstiltskin" these unique, hilarious retellings poke fun at classic stories and characters. The wonderfully offbeat and bizarre illustrations, as well as innovative play with typography and book design, make for a one-of-kind masterpiece from two powerhouse children's book creators. Story List: - Chicken Licken - The Princess and the Bowling Ball - The Really Ugly Duckling - The Other Frog Prince - Little Red Running Shorts - Jack's Bean Problem (including Giant Story / Jack's Story) - Cinderummpelstiltskin (Or The Girl Who Really Blew It) - The Tortoise and the Hair - The Stinky Cheese Man, A Caldecott Honor Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Book This award-winning picture book is a wild, irreverent collection of reimagined fairy tales from the author and illustrator of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! . Makes for an extremely fun and funny read-aloud for the whole family. A long time ago, people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment. Those stories were called Fairy Tales. Those stories are not in this book. The stories in this book are Fairly Stupid Tales. In this fourth wall-breaking picture book, young readers will delight in the strange twists on familiar tales. From "The Stinky Cheese Man" to "Cinderummpelstiltskin" these unique, hilarious retellings poke fun at classic stories and characters. The wonderfully offbeat and bizarre illustrations, as well as innovative play with typography and book design, make for a one-of-kind masterpiece from two powerhouse children's book creators. Story List- Chicken Licken The Princess and the Bowling Ball The Really Ugly Duckling The Other Frog Prince Little Red Running Shorts Jack's Bean Problem (including Giant Story / Jack's Story) Cinderummpelstiltskin (Or The Girl Who Really Blew It) The Tortoise and the Hair The Stinky Cheese Man, The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. The individual tales, such as The Really Ugly Duckling and Little 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 -Horn Book