The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Picture Puffin)
The Caldecott Honor BookThe Stinky Cheese Manand Other Fairly Stupid Taleshas not lost one ounce of its wisecracking, cheeky humor in the past decade. In fact, the only thing about this "Deluxe Limited Special Never Before Never Again Extra Stuff 10  Year Anniversary Edition" that's different from  the original is the dust jacket--but it's a very special dust jacket, as  narrator Jack is quick to point out. Turn it inside out and discover the  long-lost story of "The Boy Who Cried Cow Patty"andthe numbers that  fell off the table of contents. Open the book to be privy to John Scieszka and  Lane Smith's irreverent variations on well-known fairy-tale themes, in which 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 Mandeconstructs 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. (All  ages)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.