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11/21/13

The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales



TITLE:  The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jon Scieszka/ Lane Smith
PUBLISHER: Viking      PUBLICATION DATE:  1992
AWARDS:  Caldecott Winner
GENRE: Traditional books Non-Euro     READING LEVEL: 1st -4th grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book has different mixed up fairy tales in it. The main example would be the Stinky cheese man instead of the Gingerbread man. The short stories give a little twist to each fairytale.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Let the students read the original story of The Gingerbread Man and then have the students read The Stinky Cheese Man. Have them compare and contrast each story. When they are done they can craft their own character and also write a mixed up fairy tale for their character.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kayla Toler, VSU

LABELS: Fairytale, Caldecott Medal, Folktale
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