Smelly Bill: Love Stinks - Hardcover

Postgate, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807574643 ISBN 13: 9780807574645

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2010

Synopsis

Smelly Bill is back, and he's as SMELLY as ever... but now he's in love! Can Bill win the affections of a perfectly preened pup without cleaning up his act?

About this title

About the Authors

Daniel Postgate is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Daniel Postgate include Smelly Bill (Books for Life), Billy Goat's Gruff (Young Reading CD Packs), Engelbert Sneem and His Dream Vacuum Machine.

Daniel Postgate is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Daniel Postgate include Smelly Bill (Books for Life), Billy Goat's Gruff (Young Reading CD Packs), Engelbert Sneem and His Dream Vacuum Machine.

From the Back Cover

Bill the dog hates baths, but when he falls for another dog, Peachy Snugglekins, he considers changing his ways.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 2–When Smelly Bill falls for Great Aunt Bleach's finicky white poodle, he is soundly rejected by both Peach and her owner. So in love is he that he begs for a bath in order to attempt to win his lady love. Bill's proud owners enter their newly freshened pup in the city park's dog parade, where he's scoffed at for resembling a "toilet brush." When the poodle he adores is threatened by a bully, he's the only one willing to save her. Even Great Aunt Bleach finally accepts him as the brave, kindhearted soul he is and plays chaperone for the new couple. The humorous rhyming text and cartoon illustrations create a fun read-aloud: "What creature was it,/can you tell?/Why, it was Bill without the smell!" Endearing Bill, a snaggle-toothed, pointy-nosed non-pedigreed pup, again comes out as champion in this entertaining "boy wins girl" tale.Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
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The ragamuffin dog with the odor problem has returned, but this time he looks up from the rotting garbage he so enjoys to see poodle Peachy Snugglekins. “His knees went weak, his eyes grew wide, / He felt all gooey deep inside.” He tries to make her acquaintance, but her horrified owner won’t hear of it. Bill cleans up, but folks think he looks like a walking toilet brush. It’s only when Peach is in trouble, and Bill saves the day, that the duo finally gets together. Full-color art that’s reminiscent of Quentin Blake’s work turns the romance into an amusing, slap-dash affair. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807574643
• ISBN 13: 9780807574645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Postgate Daniel
• Number of pages: 32