The Stinky Cheese Man Audiobook By Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith cover art

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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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
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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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kids love hearing this silly book of funny stupid stories. great with the actual book

hilarious kids story. they love listening to it

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I first read this book almost 20 years ago. So cool to find it on Audible. The narration is great and the stories are hilarious. Must find the hardback. The pictures are unique and funny. Incredible book from my youth.

Favorite of all time!

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If you like fairy tales, then you are sure to laugh out loud when you listen to Scieszka’s collection of fairly stupid tales.

I liked all the different voices Mike used in narrating the different stories and characters as well as Jack the Narrator. Some of my favorite chapters or stories include “The Princess and the Bowling Ball” and “Jack’s Bean Problem.”

Some of Jon Scieszka’s other books I also recommend you should read include The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Frog Prince...Continued and the Time Warp Trio series.

A fairly stupid, although very funny collection of stories for everyone to enjoy

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Loved it when i was 7 still love it at 33 and the artist who drew the art in this is a masterpiece. I will have The one an only stinky cheese man tattooed on me.

Greatest Flashback time jump back to the 90s!!

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