This is an original, independently published collection of humorous fractured fairy tales. It is not affiliated with, authorized by, sponsored by, or endorsed by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, Viking, Penguin Random House, or the creators or publishers of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. This book adds new, original read-aloud stories, family discussion prompts, performance tips, and “story mistakes to spot” for kids, parents, and classrooms. What happens when bedtime stories stop behaving? In Fairly Ridiculous Tales I Know, classic fairy-tale logic gets dropped, tripped, questioned, misheard, and occasionally sent to the lost-and-found office. Inside, young readers will meet sandwiches that cause emergencies, royal peas with opinions, whispering wolves, confused breadcrumbs, uncooperative shoes, sideways beanstalks, very dramatic snails, and other storybook disasters that probably should have been supervised. Built for families, classrooms, bedtime readers, and kids who like their stories silly, this collection turns familiar fairy-tale patterns upside down without requiring readers to know every original tale first. Each chapter includes a complete comic story plus playful extras that make the book easy to read aloud and discuss. This book includes: Original Story Twists Read-Aloud Lines Family Discussion Questions Read-Aloud Performance Tips Classic Tale Logic Story Mistakes to Spot Perfect for readers who enjoy absurd humor, fractured fairy tales, classroom read-alouds, silly bedtime stories, and books that interrupt themselves before the moral has a chance to arrive. Open the book carefully. The narrator has already lost control.
