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The Sweet Smell of Christmas (Scented Storybook) Hardcover – September 23, 2003

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

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It's time to celebrate the sights and smells of Christmas in this classic scratch-and sniff book ̶ a fragrant stocking stuffer perfect for any child!

Join Little Bear as he prepares for the holidays, all the while giving readers a chance to smell six wonderful scents including apple pie, christmas tree, hot chocolate, and more! This delectable treat is a perfect way for families to spend the yuletide season.

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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.

About the Author

Patricia M. Scarry (1924–1995) was a writer of children's books. She wrote many stories that were illustrated by her husband, Richard Scarry, including Good Night, Little Bear, The Bunny Book, and The Fishing Cat.

J. P. Miller (1913-2001) illustrated many Golden Books from the 1940s through the 1970s, some written by Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Kunhardt. Before becoming a children's book illustrator, Miller had worked in the Walt Disney Studios' elite character modeling department, creating characters (such as the dwarf Dopey) for Disney's first feature film, Snow White. He later designed the character of the toy maker Geppetto for Pinocchio.

Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Lexile Measure: AD520L (What's this?)

Series: Scented Storybook
Hardcover: 36 pages
Publisher: Golden Books (September 23, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375826432
ISBN-13: 978-0375826436
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 0.3 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 703 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #22 in Children's Sense & Sensation Books
- #25 in Children's Bear Books (Books)
- #43 in Children's Christmas Books (Books)

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Robbie B.

I fee like a kid again.

December 17, 2016

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

I read a bunch of the bad reviews after I bought it, and I was so nervous that I was going to be disappointed in the stickers. So many reviews said they didn't smell, but every single one was a little blast from the past. I was hoping my son would love this as much as I did when I got mine 30 years ago, and he does!

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Mark

Stickers Don't last.

December 13, 2017

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This book is very cute and a great story. I still remember this book from when I was a child. I give it only 3 stars because the "smelly stickers" do not last. We bought this book last year (2016), and the stickers had absolutely no smell this season (2017). I think we paid around $8.50 for the book. I ended up buying another copy of the book this year so the kids would have fun with the scented stickers again. We've had the book for a couple weeks and the stickers are already losing their scent. We've read it probably 10-15 times. I would bet that if I could find my 1992 copy of this book at my parent's house, the stickers would still have a scent. They just don't make things as well as they used to.

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ProfessorHootsburgh

Favorite Christmas book

January 27, 2016

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I had a copy of this book as a child and still have it after all these years. However, the scents all smell like "book" now and despite my best efforts and memories of the smells, they were beginning to fade. All my kids love the book as well and enjoy scratching the stickers for tiny whiffs of the lingering scents.

And then I found a new copy! I was so excited that it was still in print, and that the price was so low. I ordered a new copy for my kids to enjoy the actual scents with the story.The scents are apple pie, pine tree, gingerbread, peppermint, cocoa, and orange. All of them smell as good as I remember and they do make the book special. The story is also really cute and captures the excitement of getting ready for Christmas. The illustrations are pretty and the book has nice hard cover. The only difference I noticed was that the new copy has some glitter on the cover. My girls like this addition, but I don't really care either way.

I love having the new copy of this, but I hung on to the old one for sentimental reasons. The "book" smell is another smell I associated with Christmas because of how much of a tradition this book became.

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Coffeesnob

Not what WE grew up with!!

December 18, 2016

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What a huge disappointment. I have such great memories of this book growing up. In a time which technology rules our imaginations I thought I would share this wonderful book with my son. What a waste of money! They replaced the scratch and sniff portions of the pictures with cheap non-fragrant sticker dots. Most of the stickers smell like paint and nothing else. Don't waste your money and also have your memories tainted.

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AmberLavine

Fun christmas story for all ages

November 29, 2018

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My kids are 1, 5 and 8. They all loved this book! They were overly excited for the scratch and sniff pages but the story was fun enough for them to pay attention. Even I enjoyed the scratch & sniff stickers. Glad to have this added to our collection of Christmas stories!

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Laurie Lester

A classic from my childhood!

December 21, 2015

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The smell stickers don't work well even in a brand new book. My daughter and I love reading it though! The book has been improved in our opinion by the addition of sparkly glitter on the cover and on the Christmas tree. My daughter is fascinated with it. She is weirded out by the father bear's pipe, kind of a dated image in a kids' book, and is always asking if his head is on fire. I find this pretty funny.

I thought I remembered there being a page with a sugar plum to smell? I may be wrong. This book actually has my daughter smelling things around her and talking about how they smell. "So piney." "So spicy." She smells the plastic candy canes on our tree now. It kind of jump started new vocabulary! So thanks, Little Bear.

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Linda H.S.

Will become a favorite

January 11, 2019

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This was my daughter's favorite Christmas book when she was little and it got stored away and got all musty smelling. I went on line and found you can get a kit to renew the scratch and sniff "patches", but I couldn't get the musty smell out, so I bought her a new one, and one for my grandson, too. He liked his, and my all grown up daughter was delighted with her new one. I highly recommend this for the little ones. I'm sure it will be the Christmas book they will treasure, especially since the sweet smells can be renewed.

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ParrotHeadWNY

Scratch and no scent

March 4, 2016

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This is a Christmas book that you will remember from your childhood. If you do remember it you will certainly remember the scents as well as the story and memories of Christmas is long gone. As everyone else has said it's a wonderful story and cebook to treasure and keep forever. Unfortunately the scents don't make sense. They seem to be tired and worn out and have little or no smell. The ones that do smell are faint at best or just some Chemical odor. A real shame. I guess perhaps the scents don't last.

I'm not going to return it I will keep it for the story lesson learned.

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