The Smeds and the Smoos

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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. This books follows the story of a smed and a smoo who are both warned by their families to avoid the other. One is red and the other is blue. Despite their families views the smed and the smoo run away together and get married. Whilst Janet and Bill have ran away, their families look for them and in the process begin to form positive relationships. Make a list of all the rhyming words in the book. Can you think of other words that rhyme with those?

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Write a sequel to this book? What might happen to the Smeds and the Smoos (and their new baby) next? I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.Look at the other plants and creatures in the illustrations and think about how they might be adapted to living on the alien planet. I think the story carries some good messages of tolerance and acceptance whilst appealing to a younger audience. It shows generational differences and views, demonstrating how the views of the younger generation are important and can help to open older generations to changing their views and beliefs. Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. 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.

The Smeds and the Smoos - Julia Donaldson

Design your own alien and create a character profile for it. Where does it live? Does it have any special abilities? One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading. Make up a new story about two people, animals or aliens who want to be friends but are not allowed. This story reminds me a bit of Romeo and Juliet, and the film adaptation of Gnomeo and Juliet as they all focus on a forbidden love based on family views.Make a list of the ways that the Smeds and the Smoos are similar / different. Is being different from others a bad thing?

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A magical blend of catchy songs, adept storytelling and audience participation that youngsters lap up.” East Midlands Theatre

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Write a diary entry for Janet or Bill from a time when they crept off to play in the Wurpular Wood together. But peace is restored, and love conquers all in this happiest of love stories. Teaching Ideas and Resources: English I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him). 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.