How long does it take to read The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales?
Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, John Glore
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, John Glore takes about 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1992. 52 pages, about 14,300 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is the ultimate in fractured fairy tales. Not only do the characters create their own stories, they also design the structure of the book itself. Classic fairy tales are deconstructed and rewritten with different but recognizable names, such as The Princess and the Bowling Ball, The Really Ugly Duckling, The Tortoise and the Hair and Chicken Licken. These stories and their characters intersect and create a mish-mash of narratives. Scieszka also mocks the conventions of books in general; the title page, dedication, and even the public information page have all been deconstructed. For example, Scieszka sneaks in the line “Anyone caught telling these fairly stupid tales will be visited, in person, by the Stinky Cheese Man” on the publication data page.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Short stories, Children's stories, American, Children's fiction, Fairy tales, adaptations, Children's stories
