One title on his list:
The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka (Viking Juvenile, $18).Read about another book on Patterson's list.
What if the Ugly Duckling grew up to be even uglier? These wonderfully warped fairy tales have shown up in a couple of my Cross novels, when Alex Cross would read Stinky Cheese to his kids. They always laugh uproariously, as did my son Jack when he was younger.
--Marshal Zeringue