It Smells Like Tuesday by Amy Provinzono-Thomas

Children's author Amy Provinzono-Thomas released her first children's book It Smells Like Tuesday a couple of months ago. It Smells Like Tuesday is a fantasy book about a little boy who takes his favorite scents and bottles them up so he can smell them whenever he wants to remember something special. In this guest post, Amy Provinzono-Thomas tells us more about her new book and shares some of her favorite illustrations with us. Enjoy!

 

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Guest Post by Amy Thomas

Have you ever smelled something and the scent immediately took you to a special place and time?  Like the smell of marshmallows around a bonfire or walking into the warm sweet smell of a bakery?

A little boy named Tyler never wants to forget his favorite smells.  He bottles them up, adds a label, and puts each one neatly on his bedroom shelf to smell whenever he wants to remember a special time in his life!

What are some of your favorite smells and what kind of great memories do they take you back to…?

Did you know that our sense of smell is the strongest sense to hold memories? Like when you walk into a room and smell something that takes you back to somewhere you've been before... 

like your grandmother’s kitchen... 

a movie theater...

or a family beach vacation...

Did you also know that humans can detect at least one TRILLION smells?

My book shares some interesting facts about the physiological aspects of smelling and memory and includes a place for children and parents to log their favorite smells!

For teachers, you will have many opportunities to engage your writers in creating “seeds for writing” by asking your students to think about the smells that bring them joy and elaborate on that special time and place.

I hope you enjoy the playful illustrations by Bryan Janky, and let your super power sniffer take you away as Tyler shares with you the scents that he jars up and collects and will never forget!

Book Description

Have you ever smelled something, and the scent immediately took you to a specific place and time? Like the smell of roasting marshmallows around a bonfire or walking into the warm, sweet smell of a bakery?  A little boy named Tyler never wants to forget his favorite smells. He bottles them up, adds a label, and puts each one neatly on his bedroom shelf to smell whenever he wants.  What new, exciting smells will Tyler sniff and save next?

🍎 Title: It Smells Like Tuesday

🍎 Author: Amy Provinzono-Thomas
🍎 Illustrator: Bryan Janky
🍎 Publisher: Mascot Books
🍎 Date: May 4, 2021
🍎 Pages: 38

Amy Provinzono-Thomas is a military wife and the mother of two beautiful daughters, Alexa and Grace. She has been a teacher for the last thirty-one years and is also a blogger. She lives in Paoli, Pennsylvania, with her family and her dog, Wilson. To learn more about It Smells Like Tuesday, please visit the official It Smells Like Tuesday website.

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