Smelly Bill Love Stinks

by Daniel Postgate

In love with a fancy poodle, Bill the smelly dog is spurned by Peachy Snugglekins and her owner, Great Aunt Bleach, until Bill rescues Peach from a swamp.

Genres: Picture Books, Dogs, Love, Childrens, Pets, Animals, Humor

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Daniel Raymond Postgate was an English scriptwriter, author and illustrator. Some of his books include Smelly Bill, Engelbert Sneem and His Dream Vacuum Machine, and Big Mum Plum. In 2014, he collaborated with Oliver Postgate's business partner and other founder of Smallfilms, Peter Firmin on the production of a new series of The Clangers, with Daniel Postgate writing many of the episodes and voicing the Iron Chicken, The Soup Dragon, and her son, Baby Soup Dragon. He won a Bafta for his episode 'I am the Eggbot'.
After the death of his father in 2008, Postgate inherited Smallfilms, the company set up by Postgate and Firmin. Smallfilms is a company that has made Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Bagpuss, and was shown on the BBC between 1950s and 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day.

Reviews

[Sally Todd]

Daniel Postgate delivers a humorous story about a dog who smells. The story tells of Bill who falls for an award winning dog, who gets herself into a bit of trouble; eventually Bill comes to her rescue and saves her. This story is a feel good story, and could be read to KS1 or early KS2 children. Although some of the poetry at times does not feel in sync with the overall feel of the story, I would still recommend this book for the simplicity of the story.

[Sarah Threlkeld]

Sweet story with an interesting rhyme scheme.

[Yusuf Agah]

Do not judge anyone according to their images. It unlikely to understand what lies underneath their skin at first sight.

[Lucy Acheson-Gray]

Nice rhythm could be used as a precursor to learning about poetry in KS1

[Liz Todd]

Any story with a stinky dog is a winner. :)

[Jo Oehrlein]

Smelly Bill falls in love with a gorgeous dog, but the dog's owner says he's not good enough for her. For the one he loves, he changes -- cleans up and is no longer smelly.

But, when the gorgeous dog falls into a mess, Bill is the only one willing to rescue her. From then on, he's appreciated smells and all.

[Teresa]

Funny story about a smelly dog that falls in love with a prize winning show dog. The pretty show dog gets into some trouble and Smelly Bill ends up saving the day! The dogs are in love and the crazy show dog owner is happy once again.

[Jenn Swanson]

Smelly Bill develops a crush on a prissy dog. Unfortunately the owner of the prissy dog doesn't think Smelly Bill is good enough for her dog. This book was good. I loved the illustrations and my daughter loved the story. Would recommend.

[Stefani]

Nice story about love and being yourself that even kids will get. Still, rhymes felt forced and awkward at times.

[Kristin]

Cute book with a great message. Loved it.

[Amanda Osborne]

Absolutely adorable and a must-read for any mutt lovers.

[Robin]

What's a (smelly) dog in love to do? Cute picture book, though the rhymes felt forced.