1992

Monty Python, Tex Avery, Mad magazine. Our shared influences. Jon and I threw every surreal gag we could think of into the mix, then Molly Leach’s design had to make sense of it all. We thought ten people would appreciate it. To our surprise it caught on and has been going strong for thirty years.

—Lane

Stinky Cheese video interview with Lane and Marcus McKenzie at ARTefacts

TIME Magazine - voted one of the 100 Best Picture Books of All-Time

Caldecott Honor

A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year

A New York Times Notable Children's Book

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

The collaborators' hijinks are evident in every aspect of the book, from endpapers to copyright notice.

Publishers Weekly