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Funny is hard. Scieszka and Smith hit it out of the park with The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, a collection of impossibly bizarre takes on fairy tales including “The Really Ugly Duckling,” “Little Red Running Shorts,” “Cinderumpelstiltskin,” “The Tortoise and the Hair,” the title story and others. Not only do they make fun of the traditional stories but of the standard layout of books. A perfect combination of text and illustrations, this received a Caldecott Honor in 1993. A Fine first edition in a Fine dust jacket.