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The Stinky Cheese Man

And Other Fairly Stupid Tales

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The Stinky Cheese Man

By: Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
Narrated by: Mike Ferreri
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About this listen

 It's been years since Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith introduced the world to the Cinderumpelstiltskin, Little Red Running Shorts, Chicken Licken, and the rest of the hilarious cast of characters in The Stinky Cheese Man. In this audio edition, listen to some really off-the-wall fairy tales, including: 'The Princess and the Bowling Ball'; 'The Really Ugly Duckling', and 'Jack's Bean Problem'.


"Irrepressibly zany and fun." (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review)

"Another masterpiece from the team that created The True Story of the Three Little Pigs." (The Horn Book, starred review)

The Stinky Cheese Man has won almost too many awards to count. Some of them include:
* A 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
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
* Booklist Editor's Choice Adaptations Anthologies & Short Stories Collections & Anthologies Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Witty Funny

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Critic reviews

* A 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
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
* Booklist Editor's Choice

"The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale." --Horn Book

"Irrepressibly zany and fun." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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A fun, silly, reinvented, humourous fairy tales to curl up too with your kids & some hot chocolate to have a wee giggle over 📚😍

The stinky cheese man & other fairly stupid tales

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