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Fairy tales told backward and sideways
1992Fast paceLight
What it is about
Jon Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith make fun of fairy tales. Narrator Jack gets in trouble with the book itself as the stories go wrong. There are retellings of Chicken Little, the Gingerbread Man and others.
Who will enjoy it
Children and parents who like parody.
What you will get
It was a 1993 Caldecott Honor book.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Children’s Books · Fairy tales · Parody · Picture book
Length
56 pages · ≈ 2 h
More about this book
Characters
Jack, the Stinky Cheese Man and many fairy-tale characters.
Setting
A broken book.
What makes it different
A very silly fairy-tale parody.
Feel
Silly, clever and funny.
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