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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover) (精装)
by Jon Scieszka (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator)
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Award-winning, Ages 4-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 198.00
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¥ 178.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
MSL Pointer Review:
It's not a book for you to learn lessons or morals, just a good and sarcastic funny book for all ages to love.
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Ellie Reasoner (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
Goodie-goodies begone! Fair warning, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales will shock and offend your delicate sensibilities. All others, please grab this book and read it as soon as possible! Preferably with your favorite pre-schooler in tow. This is one of the cutest, hippest, funniest books I've ever seen. It's whacked! Jon Scieszka tosses in twisted re-tellings of old favorites among fariy tales and inserts new stories as well, all of which are insanely funny and creative. I love this book! I've read it too many times to count. The pictures are wonderful, the writing cracks me up! It's the kind of "out there" bedtime stories one imagines Gary Larson, Shel Silverstein and Edward Gorey might have had read to them, not to mention The Addams Family children. But this is not merely (or even particularly) for kids. Any adult worth her salt will like this too. This is the way fairy tales were meant to be!
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
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E. R. Bird (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
Making use of every bookflap, endpaper, table of contents, flyleaf, and ISBN box, Jon Scieszka (go on...pronounce it) and Lane Smith teamed up to bring us the picture book that gives kids a lot more credit than most. Many adults will sit their little ones down with the same boring fairy tales with the same boring fairy tale lessons. Kids like fairy tales, no question, but kids also love the subversive. So if you hand them a book like, "The Stinky Cheese Man", that undermines everything fairy tales stand for, the children will fall on their knees in praise.
The book is a madcap collection of dismembered tales and stories. Didn't much care for the ending of the original "Ugly Duckling"? Well here's your chance to see the real (and realistic) finale to the tale. Think "Little Red Riding Hood" could be pepped up a bit by calling it, "Little Red Running Shorts"? Go wild. Scieszka is one of those rare authors that know exactly how to get little kids in stitches without resorting to the usual scatological humor and innuendo. This book is one wild ride. Characters frequently break through the fourth wall to confront the reader directly. There's a mixing and melding to the book, sometimes ending with the untimely demise of boring or annoying characters. I think it is safe to say that prior to reading this story, I had never had the pleasure of watching Foxy Loxy get pummeled by a book's Table of Contents. So thank you, Mr. Scieszka.
But thanking Scieszka without tipping one's hat to Lane Smith is like feeding bananas to buffalos. It just doesn't make sense. Smith is every bit up to the task of matching Scieszka feather to feather and foul to foul on this intrepid fairy tale adventure. Characters appearing in this book look like nothing so much as a nightmare of texts, fabrics, and shapes. Lane has always reminded me of graphic novelist Dave McKean (of "The Wolves in the Walls" fame), but with a few more childlike sensibilities. These pictures are meant to disturb, but not scare. Rather than finding Lane's grotesqueries fierce, children are endlessly amused by them. And to be frank, so am I. They're great. This book, is great. And the experience of reading it is nothing but a fan-freakin'-tastic experience.
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
The book is written by Jon Scieszka and this review was done by April. This book is one of my favorite books because I can read it over and over and still end up laughing. This book is a collection of little short stories, told by the narrator named Jack (From Jack and Beanstalk). There are 11 short stories in this book; Chicken Licken, The Princess and The Bowling Ball, The Really Ugly Duckling, The Other Frog Prince, Little Red Running Shorts, Jack's Bean Problem, Giant Story, Jack's Story, Cinderumpelstiltskin or the Girl Who Really Blew It, The Tortoise and the Hair, and finally, the Stinky Cheese Man. This whole book is about Jack, the narrator, trying to tell all about the stories in the book. He has trouble doing that because the Little Red Hen keeps interupting him when he is trying to tell a story. The reason the Little Red Hen keeps bothering him is because she wants to tell her story about baking bread and that no one helped her make it.
The most famous story in this book, is the Stinky Cheese Man. It is a knockoff of the Gingerbread Man, but of course with a strange funny twist to it. The story is about a Little Old Lady and a Little Old Man. They were both lonely, so the Little Old Lady decides to make a man out of some stinky cheese. She gave him two olives for eyes and a piece of bacon for a mouth. She put him in the oven to bake. When she opened the oven door, a strong odor fell upon the Little Old Man and the Little Old Lady. They both decide that they weren't lonely anymore. The Stinky Cheese Man goes around say that famous quote, "Run,run,run as fast you can. You can't catch me. I'm the Stinky Cheese Man!"
What will become of the Stinky Cheese Man? Will he end up like the Gingerbread Man? Will the Little Red Hen ever get to tell her story? Read these hilarous stupid tales to find out. I believe that this book is great for the whole family. The reason why is because I think everyone will enjoy it, even the adults!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
How to describe The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales? One word: hilarious. Not since Ted Nancy's Letters From a Nut have I laughed so hard over a book.
I tried to read this book to my wife, but I had to stop because I was laughing like a lunatic. I suspect she thought there was something wrong with me...she might be right--who knows? (no comments please)
All the stories are funny. The Red Hen and Giant motifs are inventive in that they run throughout the book. I feared it might be a bit over the head of younger kids, but it has not proved to be the case. The Stinky Cheese Man story seems to be both my favorite, and of my kids.
This book is not only hysterical, it is one of the best books to read aloud to kids. You can really throw yourself into characters like Jack, the Hen, and the Stinky Cheese man. I had a blast.
Lane Smith's pictures give the listener a lot to feast their eyes on while being read to. Smith ranks right up there with Barbara Helen Berger as one of my favorite illustrators.
I urge you to get a hold of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales." It is well worth it.
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Michael Crane (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
Hey, I may be in college, but this was a book I read all the time when I was little. I'm currently taking Children's Lit, which requires me reading 70 children's books. I found this one burried in my room, forgetting that I still owned it. I read it, and it still made me laugh. "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" is one entertaining book.
It's some of your favorite fairy tales.....except told in parody form. They're hillarious. My favorites are "Jack's Bean Problem," "Little Red Running Shorts," "Chicken Licken," and "The Really Ugly Duckling." But they're all very funny. The Little Red Hen will crack you up as she blabbers on about how no one is helping her and how horrible this book is.
The book is by Jon Scieszka and is illustrated by Lane Smith.
It doesn't matter how old you are, this is one of the funniest children's book I have ever read. Fun for all ages. Great writing and pictures. Have a look whenever you can. I'm sure you will not regret it.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
This book is hilarious and I love how the author and illustrator paid attention to every tiny little detail they could. I can't imagine how much time and effort would be put into a book like this. Just a tip: This is a great book for all babysitters to take with them, children love to be entertained and it could be a great iebreaker between you (the strange, un-known babysitter) and them. It's also great to put them to bed, it's something imagainative to think about (maybe even dream about) as you got to bed. I would even buy it as an adult just because it's one of those children's books that still makes you crack up!
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David Huber (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
I was so happy when I first read this book. Many smiles, lots of laughs, and even a fair amount of out loud laughing. I still laugh at the thing, and I've been reading it since it was published. These are wonderfully witty and intelligently done destructions of fairy tales, with an incredible visual backdrop of artwork and fontwork. This is definitely for the more intelligent and/or culturally aware and/or 'worldly' child, since the humor, like Monty Python humor, would be lost on a child or adult who hasn't had much cultural/intellectual/artistic depth in their education/experience.
ONe of my favorites is the very straightford "Ugly Duckling" retelling, wherein the <spolier alert> ugly duckling just grows up into an ugly duck. And the Jack and Beanstalk retelling is very clever, and requires some thought to get a handle on it.
The beauty of this book is not just the artwork, the writing, and the fontwork, but also that you can give it to a small child, a teenager, or an adult, and be equally appropriate. Very much like Rocky and Bullwinkle or The Simpsons or Shakespeare, that plays so well for all stages of development.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
So it's not the best role model for kids, making fun of something. But this book will have you laughing at every page. Jack, the narrator, makes everything into a joke, from the title page to the end paper. The stories are the humerous version of classic fairy tales, like "The Stinky Cheese Man" and "Little Red Running Shorts" These are the greatest stories to read out loud, and will have your listener and yourself rolling with laughter. It will have even the person who hates to read reading it. It really catches your attention. It is by far a classic book of tales. The writer is very good at making you laugh. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-15 00:00>
I love, love, love this book! Calling it an irreverent variation on fairy tales doesn't do the book justice.
The narrator, Jack, mocks, spoofs, scoffs and heckles his way through these fractured fairy tales with no apologies. Everything is a goof from the crumbling title page, to the wacky fonts, the take-no-prisoners illustrations and finally the wildly eccentric stories.
This is definately a read out loud book and not just to your kids! Read it when you need a serious dose of laugh out loud demented silliness.
This is a visually comic masterpiece for everyone!
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