The Smeds and the Smoos

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A magical blend of catchy songs, adept storytelling and audience participation that youngsters lap up.” East Midlands Theatre I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.

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The Smeds and the Smoos follows two young aliens. A Smed, named Janet and a Smoo named Bill. The Smeds and the Smoos are rival. Janet and Bills’ families tell them stories to warn them of the others. But Janet and Bill fall in love.My current Y1 class are massive Julia Donaldson fans and so naturally, I have been working my way through her many books! Look at the other plants and creatures in the illustrations and think about how they might be adapted to living on the alien planet. Five children from different countries show us who they love and how to say 'I love you' in their own languages. A stylish interactive board book that's fun for pre-schoolers and older children. The story uses phonetically decodable words and rhymes throughout which would give children the opportunity to read the story for themselves and recognise word patterns.

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Design your own alien and create a character profile for it. Where does it live? Does it have any special abilities? By a lobular lake on a far-off planet, a young red Smed called Janet lives with the other Smeds. Not far away, on a humplety hill, Bill, a young blue Smoo is getting bored of jumping around. Meeting by accident in the Wurpular Wood, Janet and Bill delight in each other’s company until their grandparents find out and drag them away. But peace is restored, and love conquers all in this happiest of love stories. Teaching Ideas and Resources: English The newest rhyming picture book from the stellar pairing of Donaldson and Scheffler provides all their usual invention, quirkiness and read-aloud expertise in a story about tolerance and accepting difference. I feel conflicted about The Smeds and the Smoos. A Smed and a Smoo fall in love despite multiple warnings from their grandparents about why they should be avoiding each other, but unlike Romeo and Juliet this love story has a happy ending.

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.

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A registered company (No.01747753) limited by guarantee and registered charity (No.287589) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Make a list of the ways that the Smeds and the Smoos are similar / different. Is being different from others a bad thing? Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler – also seen in the BBC TV animation on Christmas Day.Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. 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. Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up, from Tall Stories – the company that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom live on stage.