Bring Smekday Books into Your Home

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HOME is all of the rage in our household. Sure, we’ve been to the theater to see it, but did you know the movie is inspired by books?

Photo Credit: DreamWorks Home (c) 2015 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
Photo Credit: DreamWorks Home (c) 2015 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.

From the super talented and amazing Adam Rex, I’m super excited to bring the book that inspired the move HOME and its newly released sequel to your attention. That’s right, the book – The True Meaning of Smekday started this craze with Tip and Boov and Smek for President from author Adam Rex, released February 10, 2015 are bound to excite kiddos!

© Adam Rex
© Adam Rex

The True Meaning of Smekday, that inspired the major motion picture HOME synopsis:

It all starts with a school essay.

When twelve-year-old Gratuity (“Tip”) Tucci is assigned to write five pages on “The True Meaning of Smekday” for the National Time Capsule contest, she’s not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens—called Boov—abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it “Smekland” (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod?

In any case, Gratuity’s story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity’s mother at the Happy Mouse Kingdom; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion.

Fully illustrated with “photos,” drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this is a hilarious, perceptive, genre-bending novel from best-selling author Adam Rex.

© Adam Rex
© Adam Rex

Now for the newest in the series, Smek for President:

In this much anticipated sequel to The True Meaning of Smekday, Tip and J.Lo are back for another hilarious intergalactic adventure. And this time (and last time, and maybe next time), they want to make things right with the Boov.

After Tip and J.Lo banished the Gorg from Earth in a scheme involving the cloning of many, many cats, the pair is notorious—but not for their heroics. Instead, human Dan Landry has taken credit for conquering the Gorg, and the Boov blame J.Lo for ruining their colonization of the planet. Determined to clear his name, J.Lo and Tip pack into Slushious, a Chevy that J.Lo has engineered into a fairly operational spaceship, and head to New Boovworld, the aliens’ new home on one of Saturn’s moons.

But their welcome isn’t quite as warm as Tip and J.Lo would have liked. J.Lo is dubbed Public Enemy Number One, and Captain Smek knows that capturing the alien is the only way he’ll stand a chance in the Boovs’ first-ever presidential election.

With the help of a friendly flying billboard named Bill, a journey through various garbage chutes, a bit of time travel, and a slew of hilarious Boovish accents, Tip and J.Lo must fight to set the record straight—and return home in once piece.

AuthorAdamRex
Meet the man who created these stories, Adam Rex!

Adam Rex is the New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of Frankenstein Makes A Sandwich. His other books include Pssst!, Moonday, The True Meaning of Smekday, Fat Vampire, and Cold Cereal. He also illustrated the Brixton Brothers series, Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem, and Chloe and the Lion, all by Mac Barnett and Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. Visit him at adamrex.com or follow him on Twitter @MrAdamRex.

I simply can’t wait to share these books with Paige.  She’s such a reader and she’s particularly fond of authors who also illustrate.  She’s going to be so excited to read all about #Smekday!

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THE GIVEAWAY:
One (1) winner will receive copies of The True Meaning of Smekday and Smek for President
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108 Responses

  1. We have not watched it yet in the theater but that is only because we are waiting till it comes to are area. My kids can’t wait.

  2. No, but I plan on taking my two little grandsons to see this.
    They’ve been seeing the previews and are really excited.

  3. No, I haven’t seen Home in the theater yet. My niece is coming to visit next week for spring break and we’re going to see it.

  4. We haven’t been to the theater with our son yet. Although he enjoys movies, I can’t see him sitting through one! Looks super cute!

  5. I did not see the movie Home in the theaters. I hope to rent it when it comes out see we can enjoy watching this movie.

  6. I haven’t watched it in theaters. I definitely plan on watching HOME when it’s out on DVD. Thanks.
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