Take a chance! You know you wanna.įor those new to me or my reviews. and when the kids are old enough, it might be a tool to help them learn to love analyzing literature and comparing two things that are similar but very different. Think of it as a way to compare old and new. 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. 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. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: It has been determined that these tales are fairly stupid and probably dangerous to your health.Ĥ 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. Cinderummpelstiltskin (Or The Girl Who Really Blew It) Jack's Bean Problem (including Giant Story / Jack's Story)

If you read this last sentence, it won't tell you anything. I stuck it here so it would fill up the page and make it look like I really knew what I was talking about. In fact, you should definitely go read the stories now, because the rest of this description just kind of goes on and on and doesn't really say anything. The End.Īnd if you don't think that's fairly stupid, you should read 'Little Red Riding Shorts' or maybe 'The Stinky Cheese Man.'

And she can't climb on Papa Elephant's chair because it's much much too big. But when she gets in the house she can't climb up on Baby Elephant's chair because it's much too big. She decides to break into the Elephants' house, eat the porridge, sit in the chairs, and sleep in the beds. I mean, what else would you call a story like 'Goldilocks and the Three Elephants'? This girl walking through the woods smells Peanut Porridge Cooking. The stories in this book are Fairly Stupid Tales. A revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children's favorite tales in this unique and riotous collection.Ī long time ago, people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment.

Jon scieszka the stinky cheese man