Today in class several people brought up "alternative stories" or "spoof stories" of certain fairy tales. These included talking about the Brandi version of Cinderella as well as several funny versions of certain tales. This made me remember and think back on a book my mom had when I was a kid called The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieska. I distinctly remember loving this book and laughing at the silly takes on the fairy tales I knew by heart at this point. I marveled the amazing illustrations by Lane Smith which made the silly characters come to life almost as if they were jumping off the page and into my lap. Our discussion today reminded me of this book and the alternative stories in it, maybe these stories have some insight into the culture behind fairy tales and the deeper meaning of the stories?
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