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A Caldecott Honor Book
An ABBY Honor Book
Publishers Weekly Top Selling Kids Books of All Time List
ALA Notable Children's Book
New York Times Notable Book of the Year
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Booklist Editor's Choice
Texas Bluebonnet Winner
Scieszka, Jon. 1992. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Viking Children's. ISBN: 0-670-84487-X
Now it's time for the best story in the whole book - my story. Because Once Upon a Time I traded our last cow for three magic beans and...hey, Giant. What are you doing down here? You're wrecking my whole story." I DON'T LIKE THAT STORY," said the Giant. "YOU ALWAYS TRICK ME." "That's the best part," said Jack.
I have to warn you. Do not drink a beverage while you are reading this work by Jon Scieszka. IT WILL COME FLYING OUT YOUR NOSE! This book is so funny it should be doing stand-up comedy. Scieszka has taken ten traditional tales and twisted them all around and the results are absolutely brilliant. Buy several copies and give them to every reluctant reader you know!.
An ALA Notable Book
An ALA Best Books for Young Adults
A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
A Booklist Editors' Choice
An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
An IRA-CBC Children's Choice
Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
Scieszka, Jon. 1995. Math Curse. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Viking Children's. ISBN: 0-670-86194-4
"You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem."
Do you hate math? You won't after you get done reading this book. Scieszka is so awesome he has found a way to make math entertaining. I think he deserves a medal for this achievement.
Hey Kids! Tell your teachers that his book can also be used in a variety of classroom activities - They can be found on this site after the book list.
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
ABBY nomination
Scieszka, Jon. 1998. Squids Will Be Squids. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Viking Children's. ISBN 0-670-88227-5
"Big deal," said BeefSnakStik. " I have beef lips."
Aesop fables are pretty neat but Mr. Scieszka has them beat! Grab this book and prepare to be entertained! The morals in this book are so stupid and the pictures are so strange you just have to giggle with glee. These fables are fun to read aloud. Plus, you get to meet a talking beef stick! Simply Irresistible!
