The Smeds and the Smoos

By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (illustrator),

Book cover of The Smeds and the Smoos

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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,…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Smeds and the Smoos as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Roxie Key

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It’s her favourite bedtime storybook at the moment. She’s obsessed with anything to do with space, and there are some pretty cool planets and rockets in it. It’s essentially a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet: the Smeds (the red aliens) hate the Smoos (the blue aliens) but Janet (a Smed) and Bill (a Smoo) fall in love. It’s really quite sweet. It’s very poetic and full of gorgeous made-up words, and the illustrations are wonderful.

From Roxie's 2-year-old's 3 favorite reads in 2024.