An intriguing illustrated 15-page children’s story book
Follow that Scent is an intriguing illustrated 15-page children’s story book. A little boy smells an interesting aroma and is so focused on following it, that he loses interest in the ice lolly. He sticks the lolly in his pocket! A wasp smells the scent of his lolly and follows him. Then a bird sees the wasp and follows the wasp, the bird is followed by a cat, which is followed by a dog, which is followed by a horse with a very short temper! Just when the story seems to be reaching a crescendo, the boy loses the sent. The animals are all irritated as they all bump into each other when the boy stops running. What will happen next?
The words seem to dance across the pages, like the scent wafting through the air. Some of the words the author uses are quite unexpected and descriptive, like “loopy lot” and “crazy carnival”. Each page has a varying number of lines of text, but never more than about 10 per page, so the story will keep the interest of young children. The story has a good flow and energy. The illustrations are full of life and movement. This book could be used to show young children what can happen when we focus on a common purpose (e.g. smelling and following the scent). Children can use their imaginations to decide where the smell comes from. I recommend it for children from the age of about 2 to about 5, although it will produce a smile in all ages.
A story full of discussion points and with lovely illustrations that allow the reader to become absorbed.
A sweet little story about a boy who, so distracted by a smell, ends up annoying a variety of animals by being careless. He only realises what he's done when he loses the scent and becomes scared. Fortunately, the smell returns and everyone becomes calm and happy again.