LOL

"Run, run, run as fast as you can!  You can't catch me!  I'm the stinky cheese man!"

Admit it.  Laughter is the best medicine. And if there's one thing kids do naturally, it's this:  they Laugh Out Loud!!!

We forget there are books that actually do this better than movies, video games, or TV. Here's the clincher:  if a book's funny, it's bound to be read time and time again.   And that, Tudygirls, is the whole point of the game.

So check out Tudy's must-laugh read for October:  Jon Scieszka's and Lane Smith's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Think about it.  What if the Ugly Duckling grew up to be, well, really, really ugly?  Mr. Frog Prince?  A gooey, eeeyewy, slime ball.   And Little Red Riding Hood?  A triathalon running, "woman-in-red-shorts" superstar!!!

There are enough warped twists and turns in this fairy tale anthology to keep the hysterics coming.  You'll never view Aesop's world the same way ever.  And staid, predictable fairy tales become a thing of the past.

Enjoy the bounty!