Rhyme Stew

{{Short description|Collection of poems by Roald Dahl}}

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| author = Roald Dahl

| illustrator = Quentin Blake

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| publisher = Jonathan Cape (UK)
Viking (US)

| release_date = 1989 (UK) & (1990) (US)

| media_type = Print (Hardback)

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Rhyme Stew is a 1989 collection of poems for children by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake.{{Cite news |date=October 18, 1989 |title=Author defends saucy poems |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/933881502/?match=1&terms=%22Rhyme%20Stew%22 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=Buckinghamshire Advertiser |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}} In a sense it is a more adult version of Revolting Rhymes (1982).{{Cite news |last=Meinke |first=Peter |date=April 15, 1990 |title=Risque rhymes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/322592500/?match=1&terms=%22Rhyme%20Stew%22 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=Tampa Bay Times |pages=7D |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |last=Donnan |first=Sandy |date=May 20, 1990 |title=Modernized fairy tales designed to appeal to sophisticated teens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/230619654/?match=1&terms=%22Rhyme%20Stew%22 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |pages=F9 |via=Newspapers.com}}

The poems either parody well known fairy tales (The Emperor's New Clothes, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, Aladdin) nursery rhymes (As I was going to St Ives, Hey Diddle Diddle, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary) or are little stories thought up by Dahl himself.

Most of the stories contain slight sexual references. Due to slightly risqué material this book carries a warning that it is unsuitable for "small readers".{{Cite news |date=October 24, 1990 |title='Rhyme Stew' - poetry or porno |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/91944110/?match=1&terms=%22Rhyme%20Stew%22 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=The Star-Democrat |pages=12A |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}} In late 1990, the Library of Congress reclassified the collection as an adult book.{{Cite news |last=Alford |first=Ellen D. |date=November 24, 1990 |title=Child's book no longer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/159567274/?match=1&terms=%22Rhyme%20Stew%22 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |work=The News Journal |pages=A3 |via=Newspapers.com}}