The Smelly Book

From the Publisher
‘Have you ever thought how many things are really very smelly?’
In this wildly outrageous and funny book are all the things that let off the stinkiest stinks and the strongest pongs, each dealt with in Babette Cole’s exuberant style.

‘Smelly cabbage,
Smelly fishes,
Smelly cheese,
For smelly dishes.’

My Dad’s feet smell pretty bad, sometimes it drives mum quite mad!

Publishers Weekly
Following odoriferously on the heels of The Slimy Book and The Hairy Book, Cole’s book bestows upon readers a piece of light verse about some of the more fragrant objects in life: “Smelly socks that go quite stiff . . . Have the most disgusting whiff,” and “Our dog likes to roll around/ in smelly things left on the ground.” Pigs, skunks and garbage cans are also at home in this book. A word or a phrase here and there“pong” and “do a bunk”may not be familiar to American readers, but the surrounding text and comic watercolor pictures will not leave them in the dark. A subject with an almost magnetic attraction for children, smelliness in Cole’s book is downright tangy. Ages 5-10. (June)