The Smeds and the Smoos BB - the out-of-this world bestseller by the creators of STICK MAN
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- Author：Julia Donaldson
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Summary
Soar into space with this glorious love story of alien folk， from the creators of The Gruffalo and Stick Man。
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！
With fabulous rhymes and breathtaking illustrations， this book is literally out of this world！
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！
With fabulous rhymes and breathtaking illustrations， this book is literally out of this world！
Reviews
Anthony
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On a planet far away lived the Smeds and the Smoos， one group red， and the other group blue。 What kept them apart was generational distrust， but when Janet the smed meets Bill the smoo， life on the planet is about to change。 This story has a familiar theme， but still a fun read。
Annie
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With overtones of Dr Seuss' Sneetches， and Lear's Owl and the Pussycat， a story of acceptance and love。 With overtones of Dr Seuss' Sneetches， and Lear's Owl and the Pussycat， a story of acceptance and love。 。。。more
Baili
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This is my personal favorite of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler。 The art style， the message， and the funky words are just so cute and funny。
Holly Turner
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This is a beautiful book about tolerance and accepting difference。 A kind of modern-day Romeo and Juliet， the general message is to be friends with who you want to be friends with， and not let difference matter。 This book’s poignant message is even more relevant as it was published in 2019 when Britain were leaving the EU， with the book’s dedicated to: ‘to all the children of Europe’。 Our cultures and the way we look should never be something to separate us， which this book teaches in a poetic a This is a beautiful book about tolerance and accepting difference。 A kind of modern-day Romeo and Juliet， the general message is to be friends with who you want to be friends with， and not let difference matter。 This book’s poignant message is even more relevant as it was published in 2019 when Britain were leaving the EU， with the book’s dedicated to: ‘to all the children of Europe’。 Our cultures and the way we look should never be something to separate us， which this book teaches in a poetic and poignant way。The book is suitable for a range of ages （perhaps from 4-8）: the younger children enjoying the wonderful rhyme and fun illustrations， and the older children taking home the key messages of tolerance and acceptance。 The silly， made-up words in this book could also be useful for phonics practice， as is the case with lots of Donaldson’s stories。 。。。more
matteo
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This book is gloriously weird。 It's a not-at-all subtle take on Romeo & Juliet， Julia Donaldson-style， with aliens。 This book is gloriously weird。 It's a not-at-all subtle take on Romeo & Juliet， Julia Donaldson-style， with aliens。 。。。more
Konstancja_Emell
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3，75
Hanna Erwin
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This is such a lovely book for conversations about difference。I shared this book with my nanny family and it was a great opportunity to talk about being different and celebrating that。 The story shows difference as being something that we should be celebrating and embracing like Janet and Bill did。 Personally I would share this book with a key stage one class and plan a series of work surrounding this to support PSHE lessons。 The only critique I could give would be using different names than Jan This is such a lovely book for conversations about difference。I shared this book with my nanny family and it was a great opportunity to talk about being different and celebrating that。 The story shows difference as being something that we should be celebrating and embracing like Janet and Bill did。 Personally I would share this book with a key stage one class and plan a series of work surrounding this to support PSHE lessons。 The only critique I could give would be using different names than Janet and Bill and embracing difference there too。 Other than that this book was great。 。。。more
James
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'The Smeds and The Smoos （2019） from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler - tells us the age old story of the Montagues and the Capulets， of the Sharks and the Jets of differences， of peace， love， tolerance and understanding - conceived， retold， reimagined， written and illustrated particularly brilliantly by Donaldson and Scheffler for younger readers。 So there's nothing new here， just a gentle yet important， pertinent and powerful message。 Donaldson and Scheffler at their best - brilliant。 'The Smeds and The Smoos （2019） from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler - tells us the age old story of the Montagues and the Capulets， of the Sharks and the Jets of differences， of peace， love， tolerance and understanding - conceived， retold， reimagined， written and illustrated particularly brilliantly by Donaldson and Scheffler for younger readers。 So there's nothing new here， just a gentle yet important， pertinent and powerful message。 Donaldson and Scheffler at their best - brilliant。 。。。more
Aamina
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Romeo and Juliet story but reminded me of Dr。 Suess with the many made up words。
Colorado Buck
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very long for storytime - but could condense。 red and blue make。。。。 purple。 it's about overcoming differences and finding things that we like in each other and about learning you can like something different。 and that different does not mean bad - it just means different。。。。 great message for kids！ very long for storytime - but could condense。 red and blue make。。。。 purple。 it's about overcoming differences and finding things that we like in each other and about learning you can like something different。 and that different does not mean bad - it just means different。。。。 great message for kids！ 。。。more
Nancy Messina
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Another great rhyming story with a good lesson built in。 Winry enjoyed it， though it wasn’t her favorite。
Syntha Green
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It's like The Butter Battle Book meets The Hatfields and the McCoys with a suitably happy ending It's like The Butter Battle Book meets The Hatfields and the McCoys with a suitably happy ending 。。。more
Ms。 B
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With its made-up words and rhyming text， this will remind readers of Dr。 Seuss。 The Smeds and the Smoos join together when their children run off to elope。 Where could the couple be？ Can these two groups set aside their differences to find the two？If you like Dr。 Seuss's The Sneetches and Other Stories， this is the book for you。 With its made-up words and rhyming text， this will remind readers of Dr。 Seuss。 The Smeds and the Smoos join together when their children run off to elope。 Where could the couple be？ Can these two groups set aside their differences to find the two？If you like Dr。 Seuss's The Sneetches and Other Stories， this is the book for you。 。。。more
PottWab Regional Library
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Geri
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The story is written as narrative poetry， rhyming throughout this adorable story of two groups at odds with one another until one member from each group falls in love with each other。
Lisa D
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Loved it！
Nicole Jennings
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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 t 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…！ 。。。more
Freddie D
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It's Romeo & Juliet: the alien edition。 With a happy ending， of course！ Love it。 It's Romeo & Juliet: the alien edition。 With a happy ending， of course！ Love it。 。。。more
Erin *BookDragon_Library*
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A good book for showing biases with the two groups not playing together kind of like a Romeo and Juliet scenario。 It is a rhyming books With a good cadence to it so makes for a good read aloud。 A classic story of two groups not getting along and then getting together after they spend some time with one another。
Aleta
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Imagine Dr。 Seuss and Lewis Carroll decided to collaborate on retelling Romeo and Juliet in space， giving it a happy ending。 You might well get this antiracist book as a result。
peppersocks
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Reflections and lessons learned:Like Romeo and Juliet for kids。。。 can love overcome all？ This should have been soundtracked by Spandau Ballet ‘Through the barricades’ to really see the difficulty of circumstances when love crosses the wastelands between the reds and the blues - cue saxophone solo！
Kristin
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From the author of "The Gruffalo"， comes a story vaguely reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet that my students （K-4） could not get enough of。 The rhythmic nature of this rhyming book had many classes asking for more！ In the end， it's a wonderfully entertaining tale of inclusion。 This one is a crowd-pleaser and has the potential of joining "The Gruffalo" as a children's literature mainstay。 From the author of "The Gruffalo"， comes a story vaguely reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet that my students （K-4） could not get enough of。 The rhythmic nature of this rhyming book had many classes asking for more！ In the end， it's a wonderfully entertaining tale of inclusion。 This one is a crowd-pleaser and has the potential of joining "The Gruffalo" as a children's literature mainstay。 。。。more
KaitandMaddie
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The author really keeps you on your read aloud toes with her rhyming schemes！ Predictable but very funny and the nonsense words were fun。
Fi's Journey
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I thought this picture book was cute and very colourful。 I already read some of Julia Donaldson's books and love the fun illustrations by Axel Scheffler。I like the meaning of this story: that you can love anyone and accepting each other for who we are no matter where we were born and brought up in。 It doesn't matter because we all are the same in that we all have feelings and emotions we can relate to one another。 I thought this picture book was cute and very colourful。 I already read some of Julia Donaldson's books and love the fun illustrations by Axel Scheffler。I like the meaning of this story: that you can love anyone and accepting each other for who we are no matter where we were born and brought up in。 It doesn't matter because we all are the same in that we all have feelings and emotions we can relate to one another。 。。。more
Jordan Vinson
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"Donaldson and Scheffler （most recentlyThe Ugly Five， rev。 9/18） tell the story ofthe red Smeds and the blue Smoos， who share a far-off planet but deeply distrusteach other （as the Smeds are warned:“Never， never play with the Smoos。 /They sleep in holes。 They wearstrange shoes”）。 The antipathy goesunquestioned—until Smed Janet andSmoo Bill form a friendship。 Rhymingcouplets are peppered with nonsensewords that， à la Dr。 Seuss or Carroll’s“The Jabberwocky，” still somehow makesense; for example， “ "Donaldson and Scheffler （most recentlyThe Ugly Five， rev。 9/18） tell the story ofthe red Smeds and the blue Smoos， who share a far-off planet but deeply distrusteach other （as the Smeds are warned:“Never， never play with the Smoos。 /They sleep in holes。 They wearstrange shoes”）。 The antipathy goesunquestioned—until Smed Janet andSmoo Bill form a friendship。 Rhymingcouplets are peppered with nonsensewords that， à la Dr。 Seuss or Carroll’s“The Jabberwocky，” still somehow makesense; for example， “Janet met Bill in theWurpular Wood， / Where the trocklesgrew tall / and the glompoms smellgood。” Scheffler’s ink-and-watercolorpictures have a zany cartoonish feel，paying homage to Seuss。 The alien planetfeatures a variety of comical flourishes，including quirky plants with teeth，spikes， or eyes; each surrounding planet，too， has its own distinct character。Donaldson’s message is clear withoutbeing heavy-handed， with a satisfyingfinal scene of harmonious joy over thenew （purple） baby and the Smeds andSmoos， young and old， celebrating underthe “silvery squoon。” susan dove lempke" 。。。more
Alissa Tsaparikos
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In Dr。 Seuss fashion， this rhyming story tells of two different aliens， one blue and one red， and both are horribly prejudice of the other。 However， the friendship and elopement of one Smoo and one Smed lead the rest of their friends and family on a wild goose chase together to find the runaways。 Along the way they begin to see that their differences aren't so different。 It was refreshing that it is not the couple who bring the two sides together， but the act of working together that makes each In Dr。 Seuss fashion， this rhyming story tells of two different aliens， one blue and one red， and both are horribly prejudice of the other。 However， the friendship and elopement of one Smoo and one Smed lead the rest of their friends and family on a wild goose chase together to find the runaways。 Along the way they begin to see that their differences aren't so different。 It was refreshing that it is not the couple who bring the two sides together， but the act of working together that makes each side see the other more clearly and know that their differences are not a threat。 。。。more
Ramarie
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I think I read somewhere that this is like a modern-day Seuss and that seems so appropriate because of the wonderfully nonsensical but great rhyme， and the odd and outlandish characters。 It's fun and the crazy wordplay is fabulous， and it's a book about learning to appreciate and love those who are "other。" And since I so love The Gruffalo， I'm predisposed to like most anything this author writes。Caldecott-worthy: No I think I read somewhere that this is like a modern-day Seuss and that seems so appropriate because of the wonderfully nonsensical but great rhyme， and the odd and outlandish characters。 It's fun and the crazy wordplay is fabulous， and it's a book about learning to appreciate and love those who are "other。" And since I so love The Gruffalo， I'm predisposed to like most anything this author writes。Caldecott-worthy: No 。。。more
Amy
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No one can do nonsensical words and characters like Dr。 Seuss could so other attempts sometimes feel a little forced or unnatural but this is a cute story with a good message about acceptance。
Little
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Jerberrycoot - what's not to love。 A hit with the 3 year old。 Jerberrycoot - what's not to love。 A hit with the 3 year old。 。。。more
Colleen Ryan
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