The Stinky Cheese Man

Scieszka, Jon, and Lane Smith. The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales. New York City, NY: The Penguin Group, 1992.

The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales consists of many short children’s stories. Written by Jon Scieszka, and illustrated by Lane Smith, created a story about a stinky piece of cheese, that a little old woman created into a little man, and put him into the oven to cook him. As you read this Fantasy, you are introduced to many new characters as the Stinky Cheese Man comes to life and travels the wilderness. As the book comes to an end the Stinky Cheese Man encounters the Sly Fox which brings him to the end of his long lasted journey.

Lane Smith, the illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man, uses unique oil colors to illustrate this wild and adventurous children’s fantasy. While flipping through the pages you are surprised by the ordering of the words on the page and the unique placement of the illustrations throughout the story. Throughout the story the off the wall characters are illustrated in brighter colors, to make stick out of the dark gloomy background. Children will never have a problem finding the Stinky Cheese Man, because he is always being followed by the stinky scent that he carries with him where ever he travels, it almost makes you want to plug your nose and run away from him too!

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