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Book Review 4 out of 5 stars to The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, a re-appropriation of classic fairy tales, published in 1992 by Jon Scieszka. What a hilarious book! Sometimes the classics need a little refresher, and when you add a dose if stupid and fun humor, how can you go wrong? The author and the artist have created a superb work for modern times, where children can easily do a read and compare between the versions of centuries ago and the modern re-telling t
They keep making postmodernism accessible to younger and younger age groups. This is a typical postmodern take on the fairy-story genre - they even present Jack the Giant-Killer as an infinite regress of meta-stories - but it's done skillfully enough that I've met bright 6-year-olds who found it funny and got the point. The rest of this review is available elsewhere (the location cannot be given for Goodreads policy reasons)
I grew up with book and always loved it and today I got to read it to my nephew, just like I did with his older brother and sisters.
Now I guess I can to a certain extent appreciate the parodistic intent of Jon Scieszka's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. However and that having all been said, Scieszka's retold narratives do not really work at all well for me as satires (as parodies), and primarily due to the fact there are simply far far too many tales presented. For honestly, as soon as the plot lines of the given stories of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales seem to become somewhat inter...
I learned that the Stinky Cheese Man is the shit. Period.
3.75 Stars for The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (audiobook) by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith read by Mike Ferreri. The title of the book is spot on. It’s really short and kind of funny.
Amusing and yes, these are stupid tales. They are silly and not what you expect. The winners and losers change places. I do like Chickin Lickin'. Cute name. Maybe, back in 1992, this was more surprising than it is now, I can't remember. It's interesting. My nephew had me read it and he enjoyed the book and laughed when he was supposed to. The Stinky Cheese man was his favorite. He knew that it was like the Gingerbread man. He had fun.I did like how the narrator broke into several of the stories
I read this as a kid and it was baller.
A delightful book that makes me laugh whenever I read it. Everybody should have at least one copy of this book in their home.
Now this is the kind of literature children of all ages should be reading. The ugly duckling is just ugly. And didn't we all loathe the "Princess and the Pea"? Back then it was just so important to teach our vulnerable young that royalty are so constitutionally different from us - wholly different protoplasm, so delicate, so high maintenance, that they could detect a pea under 100 mattresses. Blech. In this one the Prince tires of waiting for a princess who could detect a pea (no one could - i l...
My kids loved this book and I loved reading it to them. The twisted take on well known fairy tales really appealed to my own little piggies and got them thinking up their own goofy fairy land remakes.
Back in 1989, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” was the most popular children’s book ever written and that’s where the Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith team made their famous trademark as children’s book writers. In 1992, a new children’s book, made by the Scieszka/Smith team has proclaimed its hallmark of fame as one of the funniest books ever written. That book is called “The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales,” and has became a classic in its own right and won numerous awards,...
I adore The Stinky Cheese Man! Jon Scieszka is brilliant and funny - if you haven't read this you're missing out! He and Lane Smith make an excellent team!
Yeah, this is a really weird book - as the title very clearly indicates. But it's also quite amusing, and spoofs several well-known fairy tales. Been a long time since I read this, i think I need to re-read it and see how I appreciate it as an adult.
I was walking through a bookstore with my cousin who is 5 years younger than me when we came across a display of The Stinky Cheese Man. She exclaimed, "Didn't you just love this book as a kid?!" I had to admit that I hadn't heard of it before, which I was a bit embarrassed about, since she was so enthusiastic and adamant that it was a must read as a kid. I checked the copyright and found that about the time this was published, I was just starting high school. Mystery solved! I'm now an adult and...
This is a beautifully illustrated, rather surreal– and significantly altered – retelling of ten well known fairy tales. Not only the stories, but also the format of the book is turned upside down (in the case of the dedication page – quite literally!). The contents page is on page nine and comes crashing (again literally) into the ‘Chicken Licken’ story. Characters appear out of sequence, demanding that their stories be told NOW, and the narrator, Jack, interacts with the other characters. The s...
A wonderfully wacky selection of tales. Scieszka so effortlessly twists the traditional to the strange and unconventional, sprinkled with just the right amount of humour for good measure. The narrative defies all kind of order and would be a superb postmodern picturebook to use within KS1 and LKS2. From characters taking control, overwhelming the rather intrusive narrator and popping up in stories where they do not belong, all structure is lost and the book becomes carnage in the best kind of wa...
this book is awesome. WHO WILL I GET TO PLANT THE WHEAT!? WHO IS THIS ISBN GUY?
Guys, this is the most dead serious book I've ever read, much recommended for sassy postmodernist children.
At first this was funny, after that I'm not really sure what was going on.
