The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Customer Reviews

For the child who "hates to read" (and for those who love it, too)

2008-10-11
This is a favorite among the 8-12 year old crowd. Kids who don't want to read anything else will read this. Over and over. Try a read aloud with voices. Have kids act out the parts. There is something for everyone in this hysterical book!

Great for the immature

2008-09-25
I guess that this is simply a book that has gone down in history infamy for the bizarre bunch of fairytales. Oh, well. I still have fond memories of laughing myself silly over the deranged mutations of otherwise classic fairy tales.

I know these are silly, but oddly... they are probably best appreciated by those who are most familiar with fairy tales.

Little boys love the Stinky Cheese Man

2008-07-28
Although it doesn't make as regular an appearance in our bedtime reading schedule, the Stinky Cheese Man does produce giggles.

My kids are too young to know all of the fairy tales this book is busy shredding in the name of parody. That's OK. I plan to reintroduce this to them when they get older.

For now, all I have to do is provide the Stinky Cheese Man with a high-pitched, pseudo-Spongebob voice and read the text as "fast as I can" and I've got a happy audience at bedtime.

Great for kids and parents!

2008-07-06
This is a great read to keep kids and parents entertained alike. The play on the original fairy tales is great. This is a must for a library.

careful

2008-05-16
be careful here. i ordered a book that was supposed to be in "very good" condition and it arrived with bits of food stuck on the pages and animal bite marks in the corners. thankfully i contacted them for a refund and the sent me another book that was in good condition at no additional charge. that was nice of them but it still made me weary.

You've got to be kidding me......

2008-02-22
"Parodic humor here runs riot...irrepressibly zany fun!" --Kirkus

* 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
* New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
* Booklist Children's Editors' Choice, "Top of the List"
* The Horn Book Fanfare
* Texas Bluebonnet Award
* Parenting's Reading-Magic Award

the stinky cheese man

2007-12-22
I have purchased this book for every child in my family and as gifts for other children it is funny and sarcastic in a nice way and adds spice to fairy tales I love this book

stinky cheese man rules

2007-10-10
This is an excellent book. Great imagery and a fun read. The stupid tales are great for young imaginative minds.

Hilarious!

2007-09-03
They read this book to me in grade school and I thought it was very funny. Not your traditional fairy tale stories but its great. Little kids may not get the full humor but even a college grad like myself still enjoys it. Plan to read it to my children when they are older!

The best in fractured fairy tales!

2007-08-19
This is one of my favorite children's books, because it takes the old fairy tales we all know and love, then gives them a twist and a half! Check out the table of contents: The Princess and the Bowling Ball, The Really Ugly Duckling, Little Red Running Shorts, Cinderumpelstiltskin, The Tortoise and the Hair, and (my personal favorite) The Stinky Cheese Man! Each skewed story is told on just one page (okay, some extend to two or more) and they are, well, straaaaaaange. But kids dig 'em. Adults too. All you have to do is open your mind and let the weird, half-crazy side of you out.