The Gingerbread Family: A Scratch-and-Sniff Book

by Grace Maccarone, Louise Gardner (Illustrator)

Under cotton candy clouds,
the children play
in The Lemon Drop Forest
in a very sweet way.

Under cotton candy clouds a gingerbread family lives in a sugary world filled with delectably sweet images and scents. This scratch and sniff book features clear stickers that smell like gingerbread, lemon drops, chocolate, peppermint, and more!

Genres: Childrens

14 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Grace Maccarone is an American children’s book editor and author, notably of Miss Lina’s Ballerinas, illustrated by Christine Davenier, and its sequel Miss Lina’s Ballerinas and the Prince. She has also worked as an editor at Scholastic, Wireless Generation, and currently Holiday House.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very good try. The author was trying to finally rent out that uninhabitable gingerbread house. And it could have worked. If the writing wasn't so darn sickening sweet.