About this title: Looks at some really stupid tales including "Chicken Licken", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball", "The Really Ugly Duckling" and "Jack's Bean Problem".
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780590476768ISBN:0590476769
Description: Good. 203-Y-Add. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780590476768ISBN:0590476769
Description: Good. 214-Z: Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners. Spine has wear at edges. Dust jacket has some wear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780590476768ISBN:0590476769
Description: Smith, Lane. Good. No dust jacket as issued. name inside cover, minor shelf/edge wear. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0670063002 Very little shelf wear/scratching on outer covers, small tear along spine. Perfect otherwise. Remainder mark Free bookmarks with all orders and all orders ship same or next business day! 332. read more
Description: Good. 067084487X This book is in Good Used Condition. Former Library Book. The Book shows some signs of wear. There may be some markings inside the book. There are Rips/Tears on some of the pages. 100% Money Back Guarantee! ! ! read more
"Summary: 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."
"I think this book is a wonderful book for kids and adults alike. Children will love the silly humor and jokes in the book, and adults will enjoy reading it with/to them just as much. In addition to the book being very funny and enjoyable, there is actually quite a bit about writing that children can learn from the book. The "narrator" (Jack) talks about everything from a table of contents, to end pages of the book, to what makes up a fairy tale.
In addition to fantastic writing, there are wonderful illustrations that almost animate the book. The text becomes part of the illustrations in some parts of the book, and it's really entertaining to read.
This is a book that children will really get into and want to read over and over again."
"I discovered this one in junior high, and it has been one of my favorites ever since. Got a copy through scholastic for my daughters, and they love it, too. Such unique illustrations. Such out-of-the-box story lines. Such powerful use of characters. My girls love the red hen best, perhaps because I have a very shrilly squawky voice for her...that and how I read Jack's story to put the giant to sleep faster and faster until you can't understand a word I'm saying because I'm talking so fast and it all runs together...it puts everybody in giggles on the floor time after time. It is also a gem of a book for story tellers who take advantage of different voices and techniques. I feel like a one-woman production reading this one aloud, and I LOVE it."
"A very funny book of fractured fairy tales. The humor actually spills over to the front and back covers, the dedications page and the table of contents. I think the idea of these tales works best if the child is familiar with the tales they're based on. The humor works well because it plays off the expectations of where a story goes, but then provides an abrupt, unexpected, often ironic ending, which is often highly entertaining. Toward the middle of the book, the stories start to seem repetitive and not as well written. But they pick up toward the end, especially with the title story."
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