The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

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A revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children s favorite tales in this collection that includes Little Red Running Shorts , The Princess and the Bowling Ball , Cinderumpelstilskin , and others. New Read [ The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales ] By [ Jon Scieszka ] – kino-fada.fr Book Review4 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 thatBook Review4 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 that stand alongside Not for the faint of heart, especially if you don t want to see some of your favorite characters pushed and pulled a little It s one of those books where you just need to relax and enjoy it don t get caught up in the craziness of what the author s done or said Think of it as a way to compare old and new and when the kids are old ...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 en...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 wassurprising 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 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 wassurprising than it is now, I can t remember It s interesting My nephew had me read it and he enjoyed the book and lau...Ahhh yes, this book makes me want to eat a big pile of stinky cheese shaped like a strange little man This book had the perfect amount of fair tale weirdness that I needed as a child, and that strangeness is still amazing todayI 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 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 interesting and entertaining to and for me, there generally is an abrupt and rushed ending inserted by the author, and another, similarly choppy and equally annoyingly uneven tale commences which sure does lead to potential distraction and for me, as well as massive tedium and frustration, and indeed so much so that I only very briefly and cursively skimmed the last three stories, and with scant regret And while I am, in fact, still able to find a very select few of the te...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I learned that the Stinky Cheese Man is the shit Period.A delightful book that makes me laugh whenever I read it Everybody should have at least one copy of this book in their home.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 teamNow 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 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...

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
  • English
  • 19 June 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 52 pages
  • 067084487X
  • Jon Scieszka
  • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales