Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales: A Caldecott Honor Book

Contributor(s): Scieszka, Jon (Author), Smith, Lane (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780670844876

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

Hardcover

$19.99

Pub Date: October 1, 1992

Dewey: E

LCCN: 91048194

Lexile Code: 0520

Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 03 to 07

Physical Info: 0.41" H x 10.90" L x 9.00" W ( 1.07 lbs) 56 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories | Fairy Tales and Folklore | Adaptations | Short Stories

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000007165 ( Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales: A Caldecott Honor Book)

Reading level: 3.40

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs provides a riotous romp through fairy-tale-land that will have readers clutching their sides happily ever after. Full-color oil paintings.

Review Quotes: * 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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