The Cheese

by Margie Palatini

Book Overview

Why the cheese stand alone?

In this hilarious riff on the favorite nursery rhyme "The Farmer in the Dell," readers will discover what really happened to that hunk of cheddar.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060526300
• ISBN13: 9780060526306
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Mom's Favorite

I love this book! New take on The Farmer in the Dell. Great illustrations. Fun to read.

A Funny Spoof

This book is really a very humourous spoof of the song "The Farmer in the Dell." It basically gives you the rats point of view wondering as to why he shouldn't go down to the dell to eat the cheese! Along the way he encounters the characters from the song who tell him he cannot go down and eat this cheese "because the cheese stands alone!" Beautiful illustrations. It is also a nominee for Washington State Childrens Choice Picture Book.

A zany, fun read.

Just why does the 'cheese stand alone' in the famous picturebook rhyme? Margie Palatini's THE CHEESE addresses this mystery in a whimsical manner, considering what really happened to the poor cheddar and using a series of zany drawings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher to explore it. Young picturebook readers seeking a taste of something different will find THE CHEESE a zany, fun read.