Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have been a well-oiled book-making machine for nearly 30 years, creating best-sellers like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, and, of course, The Smeds and the Smoos – a tale of two aliens who fall in love against the odds.
Now with the special animated version of The Smeds and the Smoos on iPlayer, it’s the perfect time to sit down with your budding writer or illustrator, discover how the loobular lake and humplety hill came into being and, perhaps, give them some inspiration to write a picture book of their own.
As well as a behind-the-scenes look at how Julia wrote The Smeds and the Smoos, head down the page for some writing tips you can share with your child and advice to get started in illustration from Axel himself…
