The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka this book is both silly and
surreal. Well known children’s stories are retold with a healthy and hilarious
irreference. Chicken Liken is frantically warning friends that the sky is falling. Unfortunately, she ignores Jack the Narrator
who has interrupted the story with a warning of his own. Turns out the sky is
not falling but the table of contents was. “it fell and squashed everybody.“
We read about the Princess and the BowlingBall, The Other Frog Prince, Little
Red Running Shorts, Jack’s Bean Problem, and more. Lane Smith’s illustrations
are as bizarre as the stories. Humor prevails despite the ways in which this
book goes off the rails. I remember my own child laughed and laughed at this Caldecott Honor winner.
