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Great book for any child, especially one who can be resistant to reading. It's a great book that takes classic stories and "turns them upside down" by adding humor and slightly changing the stories to make them much more interesting to read. I was tutoring a child and he specifically told me that he loved this book and did not have it at home. I couldn't resist buy buy it for him.
It's a really fun book. I love that it can be read as separate stories as much as a complete work, and that the quirks of the stories are experienced through the genial, if sometimes cranky, fictional author. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales was a book I remember reading at the library and I found its off-the-wall humor very interesting. It's a book that I've always wanted to have in my son's book collection.
Formed from a block of gouda (or some other prominent-smelling cheese that I can't recall exactly), with olives for eyes, and a strip of bacon for a "smile," the stinky cheese man comes alive and wreaks havoc on the town, saying, "You can't catch me; I'm the stinky cheese man." It's fun to read along with, the pictures are eye-catching and illustrative of the story, and it's an instant classic.I recently purchased the book for my mother to read with my younger brother. The Stinky Cheese Man is a fair tale retold in "modern" times. And if I may say so, it's a fun coffee table book for any adult to use as a conversation-starter. The Stinky Cheese Man is a great for any parent to read with (and laugh with) their child. It was one of my favorite books from childhood and a frequent item checked out from the school library. It's a modern (stinky) adaptation of the Gingerbread Man story, full of humor, wit, and parody.
The style is just out of this world and yet it blends together so perfectly. So I bought it for my young niece to enjoy the same experience I did as a child n' she just loves it too. Definitely a great read, and a must buy for any age. I read this book in grammar school n' just absolutely loved it. It's funny n' witty.
it's a little shorter than I thought it would be, but I laughed quite a bit. Also includes enough irony and innuendo for the parents. personally, this would have been worth it if it was on sale, but I had a hard time paying full price for such a short book. fun read-aloud book. great for the older kid, and lots of opportunities for silly "reading-voices" for the younger.
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