The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly
Stupid Tales is a book that all ages would enjoy. I do realize that the
children will need a basic understanding of fairy tales to enjoy this book so I
recommend reading The Stinky Cheese Man after going over fairy tales and
folklore genre in class. Children in
class today would really enjoy the humor in this book along with the figurative
language included too. It is full of humor from the beginning title to the end.
(Literality)There are ten common fairy tales in this book that are fractured in some way from the well-told version that most children are familiar with, The Really Ugly Duckling, The Other Frog Prince, Cinderumpelstiltskin, and many others. It made me even stop to think about the version of the story I was once told, wondering if my parents or grandparents had altered it anyway when passing it down to me.
The main character Jack of Jack in the Beanstalk, tells the stories and also interacts with the other characters as they pop up anywhere, even in the middle of the book! Little Red Hen stays with you all throughout the book too worried about her precious wheat as always.
The illustrations in the book are very unique. The illustrator is Lane Smith and she has a twisted way of drawing the characters in the book. Changes your prospective of the cute little images you have in your mind of these wonderful characters from storybooks and movies. The book won the New York Times Illustrated Book award, was a Caldecott Honor book.
When discussing the fairy tale genre I’m thinking I might let my students pick out their own fairy tale and deconstruct it. It would be a good writing piece for narration. The book also makes fun of some of the common parts of a book and uses this to teach students. It says what the students are really thinking in their heads but would not say out loud. The dedication page is upside down and points out the fact that no one ever reads the page anyway. It has great humor that I believe would capture the minds of all young readers.
Big Question: Can you name a type of figurative language from the story and explain it?
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