Three Smelly Goats Gruff

Stinky’s Stories is the hilarious four-book, highly illustrated chapter book series from New York Times bestselling authors Chris and J.J. Grabenstein. In this third installment in the series, Stinky the skunk tells the story of the Three Smelly Goats Gruff, a reimagining of the classic fable "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"—except this time, the fairy tale is told from the troll’s point of view. 

It’s story time at the Hickleberry Elementary School Library! Mrs. Emerson, the librarian, has just read “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” to the class. But after the fun is done and Mrs. Emerson has left, Stinky the stuffed skunk and his stuffy friends come to life. The kids need to know what happened to the grumpy troll after the goats pushed him off the bridge. Lucky for them, Stinky has the scoop!

Find out in the hilarious chapter book series from New York Times bestselling authors Chris and J.J. Grabenstein, with illustrations in every chapter from Alex Patrick. Reading has never been so much stinkin' fun!!

Chris Grabenstein is the multiple award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Haunted Mysteries, Welcome to Wonderland, Smartest Kid in the Universe, and Dog Squad series. He also wrote The Island of Dr. Libris, Shine! (with his wife, J.J.), the picture book No More Naps!, and many, many other books, plays, and audiobook originals. Chris and J.J. Grabenstein live in New York City with two cats and lots of ideas. You can visit Chris at chrisgrabenstein.com.

J. J. (Myers) Grabenstein is an author, stage actress, and award-winning audiobook narrator. With her husband, Chris Grabenstein, J.J. coauthored the acclaimed middle grade novel Shine! The duo now collaborates on the early reader series Stinky's Stories, both cowriting and narrating each book.

A graduate of Northwestern University, J.J. quickly made a home in New York City, appearing in Broadway tours and starring in the Off-Broadway musical comedy Nunsense. She has recorded more than twenty audiobooks—everything from nonfiction to romance novels—but her favorite books to record are children’s books. For the recording of Chris Grabenstein’s ghost story The Crossroads, she won AudioFile magazine’s Earphones Award. An Audie Awards finalist in 2021 for Stuck, J.J. has also voiced several radio and TV commercials.

J.J. and Chris live in New York City with their two cats, Luigi and Phoebe Squeak.

Alex Patrick was born in the Kentish town of Dartford in the southeast of England and has been drawing for as long as he can remember.

His lifelong love for cartoons, picture books, and comics has shaped him into the passionate children’s illustrator he is today. Alex loves creating original characters—he brings an element of fun and humor to each of his illustrations and is often found laughing to himself as he draws.