Frank Carlson Library

Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won't explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal,...

Hally, the Tosis family dog, has such bad breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis plan to give her away, until she proves to be an invaluable watchdog.

In the Aramtesh Empire scent is all important, and seventeen-year-old Rakel has a way with perfumes which she hopes to use to delay her father's inevitable death; Ash is a member of the imperial bodyguard, assigned to the crown prince Nisai's bodyguard; now they are all brought together on a caravan to an outer province, seeking a rare flower that can cure the poisoned emperor--but when Nisai himself is poisoned Rakel and Ash smell like the chief...

Alfie Wolfe's dislike of baths, and his habit of wearing shoes without socks, has resulted in a case of stinky feet--but they may be just the thing to keep Stanley, a Labrador retriever with a fondness for dead fish, from trying to run away from the Hound Hotel.

This book about the science of smells takes a funky subject and makes it fascinating --- and hilarious! It starts with the basics, from the reason why things stink to how our sense of smell works (hint: it has to do with the six million scent receptors way up inside our noses). Then come some specifics such as how and why smells are closely linked to memories, descriptions of some of the stinkiest stinks on Earth and information about the chemicals...

Why do some animals, insects, plants and trees smell the way they do? Find out how they use smells to mark their territories, defend themselves, communicate, or even attract a mate.

"Simple text and photographs present the world's stinkiest animals"--Provided by publisher.

"Smell is such a powerful and revealing sense because it detects actual little pieces of things in the world. It gives us direct evidence of what those things are made of-unlike the indirectness of vision or hearing, which register light waves and air movements. Those little pieces are volatile molecules, so little that they're able to break away from their source and fly invisibly through the air to reach our nose. To begin to understand a thing's...

Introduces various smells as Baby Pluto follows his nose around the house.

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.