The Daily Sniff

by Jane Cabrera

Overview

An adorable pup uses his nose to help others in this latest from storytime darling Jane Cabrera.

Ted loves to trot around town and get his latest fill of local news by sniffing everything!

One day Ted smells something stinky. Is it the dumpster? No. The fish market? No. Ted tries to find the smell with no luck. Until he returns home, that is. Ted finds a lost baby skunk! He'll have to use his nose to reunite the family.

Beloved storyteller and illustrator Jane Cabrera's vivid and textured acrylic paintings are filled with joyful cuteness and warmth. The skunks are cleverly hidden throughout the art. After reading, children can go back and find them. This delightful celebration of good deeds and community is perfect for curling up in a cozy spot and sharing one-on-one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823458875
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	12/10/2024
Series:	Jane Cabrera's Story Time
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jane Cabrera is a designer and fine artist, as well as the author and illustrator of almost 60 books for children. She specializes in fresh reimaginings of nursery rhymes and fairy tales; Publishers Weekly has said "her style exudes the joy of creation." She lives beside Dartmoor National Park in South Devon, England.

Editorial Reviews

"The illustrations are colorful and engaging. . . . Children reading ­one-on-one will enjoy poring over a spread to find the hidden skunks."—School Library Journal

"Colorful acrylic paintings brighten the pages of this appealing picture book."—Booklist

"[A] delightful story for a lap or bedtime read."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

03/01/2023

PreS-K—Ted the dog loves his "daily sniff"—a walk in which he sniffs all the latest news in town. One day, Ted can't go outside (he is pictured wearing a cone). He is sad to be pent up, but when he's finally able to return to his daily sniff, all he can smell is something stinky. After looking for the source of the smell, he finally finds it in a lost skunk. Ted helps the skunk locate his siblings, and the skunks are able to return home, leaving Ted to sniff the news once again. The illustrations are colorful and engaging, though more muted than Cabrera's previous works. Children reading one-on-one will enjoy poring over a spread to find the hidden skunks. Some details don't entirely make sense, such as when the mother tries to cheer up the dog by putting the cone on her own head and playing a game as Ted jumps around playfully (isn't he injured?). Elsewhere, Cabrera notes that the daily sniff brings both "local news" and "news from far away," with a picture of a poodle in front of the Eiffel Tower. Is the implication that a dog can sniff all the way to Paris? VERDICT This sweet but simple story is a secondary purchase.—Lindsay Loup

School Library Journal

2022-11-16
Daily doggy news in just one sniff!

“Ted was a dog who liked to keep up with all the latest news.” And like all dogs, he does that through The Daily Sniff—the process of sniffing around town to learn what one’s fellow canines are up to. One day, though, Ted is forced to stay in and wear a cone. His dark-skinned human family tries various ways to cheer him up, but he isn’t happy until it is gone. But when he tries for The Daily Sniff, everything smells bad. His attempts to ferret out the noxious odor fall short, and Ted returns home, but even that doesn’t smell right…plus, Dad’s hat is moving around in the garage. Investigation turns up a skunk who has lost its five little brothers and sisters. Ted helps find them…and once they have safely been reunited and returned to the forest, The Daily Sniff is back! Cabrera adds another short, enjoyable tale to her Story Time line. This one has the added fun of a double-page spread of the town with five tiny skunks hidden about. Toddlers can help Ted find them. All of this, of course, is illustrated in Cabrera’s easily recognizable, jolly, dark-lined, and colorful style. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A simple but delightful story for a lap or bedtime read. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews