The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Short Stories Anthologies

Author: Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: ‘Chicken Licken’, ‘The Princess and the Bowling Ball’; ‘The Really Ugly Duckling’, and ‘Jack’s Bean Problem’., , Chosen by children as the Book of the Year for the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, the book was described by She magazine as, ‘The most delightful collection of stories a young cyni….Read More

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