The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales was written by Jon Sciezka and illustrated by Lane Smith. This book was published by Viking Juvenile in 1992. The book is a modern folktale picture book. The theme of this book is fairytales are open to interpretation. The main characters are Jack, from Jack in the Beanstalk, who is the narrator of the book. The secondary characters are the characters of the individual fairytales in the book. jack starts telling each story in a very different way. He retells: Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Princess and the Pea, Chicken Little, etc. This book makes fun of the idea of a book, but from an educaional standpoint, this book is a great way to teach students about the different parts of a book.