Books like The Sweet Smell of Christmas
By Patricia M. Scarry
For the kid who sticks their nose in everything, this book turns the holidays into something you can actually smell — pine needles, hot chocolate, warm pie, right there on the page. Cozy, sensory, old-fashioned holiday warmth.
A hands-on introduction inviting babies to pat a soft bunny, play peek-a-boo with cloth, smell powdery flowers, and feel Daddy's scratchy beard on every page.
A small piglet and his mom get the house ready for Thanksgiving, mixing up pies and welcoming the whole family for a day of gratitude and good food.
A young mouse wakes up on his birthday to a secret picnic planned by all his Brambly Hedge friends, and lugs a mysterious, heavy hamper along the grassy track to find out what's inside.
A parade of cuddly puppies shares one long, rhyming love song to a little Snuggle Puppy, building from a soft 'OOO' all the way to a big smooch at the end.
A little bunny imagines running away — as a fish, a rock, a bird — and each time, his mother imagines exactly how she'll follow and find him.
A sleepy bear's woodland friends rally to keep him awake through the holiday — finding a tree, baking cakes, hanging stockings — until he discovers giving is the best gift of all.
Five little puppies dig a hole under the fence to explore the wide world, but the pokiest, slowest puppy keeps falling behind — and keeps missing out on dessert.
A papa bear chases his little cub through the woods and into a bustling city after the cub wanders off following a bee in search of honey.
Old Mother Rabbit has twenty-six babies, one for every letter from Abel to Zed, and she tucks them into bed one by one through her rambling house and garden.
A gentle, repeating question moves through the animal world — from kangaroos to lions to dolphins — showing every baby, a joey, a cub, a calf, has a mother who loves it.
A big, friendly bear wanders through the woods noticing colors all around him — inviting little ones to spot matching colors of their own on every page.
A bossy big sister bunny plans an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing for Grandma's birthday, but her little brother Max keeps trying to add his own messy touches instead.
