Going into a bookstore this time of year, you're bound to find a few Christmas picture books that contain some type of activity/novelty. In my personal opinion, it doesn’t get much better that The Sweet Smell of Christmas.
I loved this book as a kid, and I still love scratching and sniffing that hot cocoa circle today. The Sweet Smell of Christmas was written by Patricia Scarry, illustrated by J.P. Miller and was originally published in 1970.
Novelty/activity books for toddlers and preschool-age kids seem to be gaining more shelf space at the book store. This age group is learning about their world and books that entertain more than one of heir senses keeps them engaged in the concept or story within.
If you have a story that could benefit from a novelty, such as scratch-and-sniff, touch-and-feel, die-cuts, flaps, puzzles, etc. research the publishers, write your proposal and submit!
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Great stuff! I have to report about a crit friend of mine, Jean Bullard, who wrote a scratch-N-sniff book for the forestry service. One of the entries was the smell of fish cooking on a campfire. When the book was published, it smelled more like a trout marinating on a highway. That was decades ago and she still wails about it. 8-)
That's too funny, Sam. I bought my kids a Shrek scratch n' sniff book a few years back and every page smelled like burnt rubber. My son still loved scratching, sniffing and yelling out, "Gross!"
Scratch n' sniff can go horribly wrong. :P
Oh, I love this book! It's probably my favorite picture books for Christmas. I had it when I was little and read it all the time. Now we have 2 copies of it. :)
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