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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Smell is such a powerful and revealing sense because it detects actual little pieces of things in the world. It gives us direct evidence of what those things are made of-unlike the indirectness of vision or hearing, which register light waves and air movements. Those little pieces are volatile molecules, so little that they're able to break away from their source and fly invisibly through the air to reach our nose. To begin to understand a thing's...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary, strange, and startlingly beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of our five senses Overlapping with taste yet larger in scope, smell is the sense that comes closest to pure perception. Smell can collapse space and time, unlocking memories and transporting us to worlds both new and familiar. Yet as clearly as each of us can recognize different smells--the bright tang of citrus, freshly sharpened pencils, parched earth...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books/Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From a trailblazer in natural perfumery comes a celebration of our most potent sense: scent. Through five major players in the epic of aroma (cinnamon, mint, frankincense, ambergris, and jasmine) Mandy Aftel explores the profound connection between our sense of smell and the appetites that move us, give us pleasure, and make us fully alive. Includes recipes for easy-to-make fragrances and edible, drinkable, and useful concoctions that reveal the...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Gorgonzola the dinosaur learns that everyone runs from him to avoid his smell, rather than out of fear, he is grateful to the little bird who shows him how to brush his teeth and wash.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Calling upon only the BRAVEST detectives with the STRONGEST noses--do you dare to scratch 'n' sniff and help solve this foul mystery?! There's been a robbery at the Museum of Very Bad Smells! Somebody stole the world-famous rotten egg ... and everybody is a suspect. It's up to YOU to help sniff out the culprit and bring the prized exhibit back before the museum's grand opening"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Burp loves wafting around the world. But everywhere she goes, people don't seem to like her! So, Burp has an idea: she's going to team up with her best friend, Fart, and they're going to become Superstinkers and help others in trouble!"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Show and smell
Author
Series
Marshmallow martians volume 1
Publisher
RH Graphic, Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Marshmallow Martians! These sweet, squashy, and curious buddies love visiting their favorite planet - Earth! Snug and Squishy are in search of some of Earth's smelliest smells. Will they sniff out anything interesting to bring home to Planet Moop? Pee-yewww know they will ... with the help of their space cat, space doge and marshmallow robot assistant!"-- cover page 4.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. An opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist Giuseppe Baldini results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His...
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Geronimo and his friend Hercule Poirat venture into the sewers to find the origin of the horrible stink that is driving all the mice away from New Mouse City--and learn an important lesson about recycling."--Provided by publisher.
18) Spring stinks
Author
Series
Mother Bruce volume 8
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When cheerful Ruth the rabbit tries to share with grumpy Bruce the bear the wonderful smells of spring, they discover that spring stinks.
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