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The Smeds and the Smoos Paperback – 4 Jun. 2020

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Soar into space with this glorious love story of alien folk, from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo and Stick Man.

'By a loobular lake on a far-off planet
There lived a young Smed, and her name was Janet.
Not far away, on a humplety hill,
There lived a young Smoo by the name of Bill.'

The Smeds (who are red) never mix with the Smoos (who are blue).

So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love, their families strongly disapprove.

But peace is restored and love conquers all in this happiest of love stories.There’s even a gorgeous purple baby to celebrate!

Shiny foil highlights on the cover makes this a special gift for toddlers
With fabulous rhymes and breathtaking illustrations, this picture book from the UK's number one picture book author and illustrator is literally out of this world!
Friendship, love, adventure and togetherness are at the heart of this joyful story
From the creators of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog, which have all been made into animated films
Superworm is on BBC One at Christmas with voice artists including Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (narrator), Matt Smith (Superworm) and Rob Brydon (Crow)
New for September 2022 - look out for The Baddies,the wickedly funny new picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

‘Blast off with the most exciting book yet from the creator of The Gruffalo. Get ready for a wild and wonderful journey through space in a book that is perfect for reading together.’ The Sun

Collect the whole Scholastic picture book series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler:

- Stick Man
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- Tabby McTat
- The Highway Rat
- The Scarecrows' Wedding
- The Smeds and the Smoos
- Tiddler
- Ugly Five
- Zog
- Zog and the Flying Doctors

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32 pages
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24.9 x 0.3 x 28.1 cm
Publisher

Alison Green Books
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4 Jun. 2020
ISBN-10

1407196650
ISBN-13

978-1407196657
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Blast off with the most exciting book yet from the creator of The Gruffalo. Get ready for a wild and wonderful journey through space in a book that is perfect for reading together. --The Sun

The Gruffalo team's own Jabberwocky, with rhyme and nonsense words but a happy ending, inventively illustrated by Scheffler. --The Times

A timely tale of tolerance that's fun to read aloud. --Daily Express

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Y1V7HQ5
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alison Green Books; 1st edition (4 Jun. 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1407196650
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1407196657
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.9 x 0.3 x 28.1 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Julia Donaldson is a top selling author of children’s books with over 65 million books sold worldwide. Among her greatest successes are Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo and Stick Man (all illustrated by Axel Scheffler), What the Ladybird Heard (illustrated by Lydia Monks) and The Giant Jumperee (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury). Julia’s books have been translated into over 72 languages.
Julia lives in the UK with her husband Malcolm and divides her time between Sussex in the South and Edinburgh in Scotland. From 2011 to 2013, she was the UK Children’s Laureate. Julia writes fiction, poems, plays and songs, as well as picture books. The TV films of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom have both been nominated for Oscars.
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EMABH

Excellent as always

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2019

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Amazon delivered this, this evening whilst my children were asleep.

I opened the parcel and read the book immediately.

I usually let my children do that. They enjoy the excitement of a delivery - especially a delivery for them.

But this is Julia Donaldson and axel Scheffler.

I couldn’t wait to dig in.

Within pages I had a feeling the book had a important, subtle message.

One that went hand in hand with the incredible message of inclusion and diversity that is the main theme of the book. My suspicion was all but confirmed on the final page.

I absolutely loved the book. One of their best works in my opinion.

Entertaining, funny and touching. What more would we expect from the pairing?

Can’t wait to read it to the kids in the morning

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Chez

Another fantastic book with an important message

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2019

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Love this, one of our new favourites. I love the story that this gives to children. Many adults could do with a copy of this. A beautiful story, cleverly done, that teaches children that it doesn't matter if you're from somewhere else, or a different colour. That you can love each other, that you are no different to each other. It teaches that those who have biased can be wrong and can change. It's not some political push on children mind, or religious. Just a nice story with a very important message!

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leah

Yet another fantastic Julia Donaldson!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2019

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My almost 5 year old little girl has every Julia Donaldson book, so when I noticed there was a new one she was releasing I got very excited. Once available I ordered it straight away. My little girl couldn't wait for me to read it. It's like a children's Romeo & Juliet (but with a happy ending) and I LOVED the ending! She thoroughly enjoyed it and the illustrations were brilliant as usual thanks to Axel Scheffler. Look out for the sneeky Gruffalo reference that he likes to add into many of the books.

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Zoe

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2020

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I brought this book for my children to read as we love Julia Donaldson books, but I just didn't enjoy reading this one. There were too many made up silly names in the story which was annoying trying to pronounce them and I could just tell this book was engaging for my children. I'm going to donate this book to friends

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Kiki

BAD👎👎👎

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2020

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I’d say one of the worst Julia Donalson’s books.
The idea of fleeing home with a boyfriend and coming back with a baby is not what I’d want my son or daughter to learn as child.

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Bagpuss

Wonderful story of appreciating diversity

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2019

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Such a wonderful book! Teaches a crucial lesson to children in a beautifully simple and entertaining way. Should be compulsory reading for all our little ones.

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Nicole Jennings

Weak story, unappealing characters and poor quality rhyming

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2021

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I really wanted to love this book as the message is good, play with whoever you choose, however unfortunately I did not. Perhaps, I might have enjoyed it more if I was not familiar with ‘How Butterbees came to Bee!’ and the wonderful work of Lana Grimm and Tania Bloch.

The Smeds and The Smoos story and illustrations are far inferior to ‘How Butterbees came to Bee!’ which is ‘dedicated to all children of the world’ with a beautiful picture of two butterbees. The Smeds and The Smoos is dedicated to ‘all the children of Europe’ with unappealing illustrations of a monster type character and two toad like characters. The former is warm and engaging, the latter just odd.

The front cover of the book is colourful with silver foiling, however for me the characters are very unappealing and do not draw me in. I read this book once with my eldest grandchild, only the rocket and the fire from the rocket elicited a reaction, this book has not been chosen again since. The words and the illustrations do not fit. There are too many words on the page for preschool children but the illustrations are very childlike, the nonsense rhyming is difficult to understand and the message is delivered in a blunt and unimaginative manner. I am not sure how a preschool child could relate to it.

The story is weak with unappealing characters and poor rhyming. The book is good quality in terms of the thickness of the pages. However, the cover marks easily and there is no sign of FSC certification.

I was left thinking what on earth just happened…!

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Teachermum

Another great book - lovely message

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2019

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My daughter was so keen to buy this after seeing it at a book fair that I couldn’t take her to at her school.

It arrived today and she immediately wanted to read it with me, which have now done multiple times!

It’s not as good as some of Julia Donaldson‘s earlier books but has all the classic elements - although saying that, it may grow me as the scarecrows wedding did. I wasn’t sure but that would start with either.

Obviously the partnership works well as the Illustrations really make the book and they are fantastic. It’s another rhyming book although I have to admit that some of it is a bit of a tongue twister to say. I think some of the words are made up... but it’s certainly got a great message about living peacefully with each other and it’s a great book for primary school children to simply relate the message that we should all try and get along.

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