The Sweet Smell of Christmas (Scented Storybook) [Hardcover]

Patricia M. Scarry (Author), J.P. Miller (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Scented Storybook

Christmas is almost here! Little Bear can smell it—and so can you! The air is filled with the aroma of gingerbread cookies, minty candy canes, the piney Christmas tree, and yummy hot apple pie. Celebrate the holiday season with this classic Golden storybook which includes six scratch-and-sniff scents.

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Christmas is almost here! Little Bear can smell itÑand so can you! The air is filled with the aroma of gingerbread cookies, minty candy canes, the piney Christmas tree, and yummy hot apple pie. Celebrate the holiday season with this classic Golden storybook which includes six scratch-and-sniff scents.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 36 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (September 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375826432
• ISBN-13: 978-0375826436
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 0.4 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (150 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Holidays & Festivals > Christmas
  • #31 in Books > Children's Books > Holidays & Celebrations > Christmas
  • #67 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Bears > Fiction

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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - Found Replacement Stickers!, September 30, 2010

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B. D. Brault (Milford, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sweet Smell of Christmas (Scented Storybook) (Hardcover)

I don't remember this book as a kid, but my mom swears I had it. Now I'm 33 and I have a daughter of my own and this was given to us Christmas of 2008. It was during Christmas 2009 when she really found this book and fell in love with it, as did I reading it to her. We just love it. As other reviewers have said, this book just evokes great memories of the Christmas season. And who can not love the scratch and sniff smells.

Now here is lies the rub about this book. Only the very potent aromatic smells last at all. Pine and peppermint were still going a year later, but the rest (apple pie, gingerbread, hot chocolate, and orange) were pretty much dead. And after just one season even the pine and peppermint started to go. So what is one to do when your one of your daughter's favorite books loses its prominent scratch and sniff feature. Well you go on a sticker hunt and as of Sept 2010, I've now found them all.

Since it was so hard to find these stickers I wanted to post a review of the book and a location that other parents like me could find replacement stickers. I started my search in June 2010 and found almost all of them at the website EverythingSmells.com. The only scent that seemed non-existent was gingerbread (unless you wanted to buy 2500 stickers from a custom company or cut your own out of Target greeting cards). So I emailed the company and asked if they knew of anywhere to get gingerbread. They didn't know, but kept my email and just wrote me today to tell me that they now have a gingerbread sticker for sale! So now you can get all the stickers in one place! Mind you, they will not look like the original stickers, but at least the children don't care. It's the act of scratching and sniffing that matters to them.

So to the parents out there that bemoan the fact that the book has lost its smell--go get some stickers (with plenty of spares), paste them in, and re-enjoy the book with your children or grandchildren for all it's Christmas charm. I know we did and still do today.

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Sniff & Suddlenly I'm 6 Years Old Again ..., October 4, 2005

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Melissa A. Case "Stand-Up Philosopher" (Shepherdstown, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sweet Smell of Christmas (Scented Storybook) (Hardcover)

As a kid, this book was my absolute favorite and I read and re-read it year after year until the scratch n' sniffs were all out of smell. This book embodies all of the wonder of the Holiday Season, as seen through the eyes of a child. What could be more wonderful than the smell of apple pie baking on Christmas Eve or of the juicy orange nestled in the top of your stocking? When this fabulous book was reissued last year, I immediately bought a copy, so that I could share it with my son, who was a little over two at the time. Reading this book brought back all of the great memories of my own childhood Christmases and my son was delighted, as well. This is truly a classic to be handed down from generation to generation.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sweet Smell Of Christmas, November 26, 1999

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Lisa (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet Smell of Christmas (Hardcover)

This was my all time favorite Christmas book as a youngster. I can vividly recount the smell of little bears hot chocolat and candy cane and the Christmas Tree. The wonderful sense of anticipation that any child will share as little bear waits for Christmas morning. If only this book were in print I would definitely buy a copy for all of my children and neices and nephews to treasure as a family heirloom. My childhood copy has since been lost and I would dearly love to share this story with my children. Golden Books - Please send this wonderful story to print again.