When Jon Scieszka was shopping The Stinky Cheese and Other Fairly Stupid Tales in the late ’80s, most editors didn’t get it. The stories were “too sophisticated.” The humor was too “dark” and “mean,” ...

Just because an ingredient or dish is polarizing doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time. As a child I didn’t like mushrooms — their somewhat slippery texture can be off-putting — but learning to love ...

Classic fairy tales get mixed up and downright silly in A Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. How about the Ugly Duckling growing up to be A Really Ugly Duck? Or the Princess kissing a ...

Here's a story you might know — it's a classic fairy tale — "Once upon a time, there was a little old woman and a little old man who lived together in a little old house. They were lonely, so the ...

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