The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

　　作者約翰席斯卡和藍史密斯兩人聯手將一般小孩都耳熟能詳的10 個童話，用惡搞的方式徹頭徹尾地嘲弄了一番。在「醜小鴨」的故事中，醜小鴨長大沒有變成美麗天鵝，只是成了醜大鴨。小紅帽變成了穿著「小紅運動衣」和大野狼比賽賽跑，看誰先跑到外婆家。薑餅人變成了臭起司小子。書中充滿嘲諷、戲謔、黑色幽默和希奇古怪的笑話，讀者需要多少熟悉原版故事內容，才能比較理解作者所玩的文字遊戲趣味。本書曾得到兒童圖畫書及凱迪克銀牌二項大獎。【文∕博客來外文館】

　　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 cynic could hope to read’.

　　American-born Lane Smith is known for illustrating works by authors such as Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl and George Saunders. He received the Caldecott Medal for his Grandpa Green in 2012, while his 2010 It's a Book was a New York Times bestseller for over six months and was translated into over twenty-five languages.

　　He is a four-time recipient of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award, and in 2014 he received the Society of Illustrators' Lifetime Achievement award.