Review: Be grateful for the things you have
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
The author of this very dear little book is known solely as Picture Kid so we know little about him/her except that there is a lot of talent for composing children's books. The writing has a gracious lilt that children will love and the drawings are first class illustrations that offer much imagination to this cute little story with a moral.Sniff the Cat likes to smell things. He likes to smell all sorts of things! He likes to hunt for trinkets and treasures in his yard during the day, but he also loves to smell dinner when it is cooking too! One day, Sniff sniffed a very special smell that was something like he had never smelled before. He follows his nose and smells something wizardly strange but soon falls asleep and dreams. He smells imaginary smells - like broccoli that smells like bacon, turnips that smell like cheese, and leafy things that smell like meat - what fun! But when he awakens those smells are gone and he is sad. He returns home, greets the smells that he is used to and realizes that being home with his own environment is much better than strange dreams.The combination of excellent simple illustrations with a story that matches the feelings makes a book all children will love. Good entertainment, nice sounds, good lessons. Grady Harp, February 14