The Series that Inspired DreamWorks HOME – Smek For President
DreamWorks Animation’s HOME was inspired by the children’s book – The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex. The sequel was released on February 10th, Smek for President.
Photo Credit: DreamWorks Home (c) 2015 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
My daughter loves to read. I know she will be excited to read both books in this series. Especially after how much we adored the movie HOME. You can read my full movie review and how I felt it was an all around beautiful family film. Since the books feature aliens and wacky adventures I bet my son will ask me to help him read them when she is done. Now I know what our next bedtime series will be!
ABOUT 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.
Read an excerpt from Smek for President online. If you missed reading The True Meaning of Smekday, no worries… you can read an excerpt of the first book in the series here.
Have you seen the movie HOME in theaters yet?
If you haven’t had the chance to see the movie yet, no worries – I’m giving away a gift card to treat yourself along with both books in the series that inspired the DreamWorks Animation movie.
One (1) winner receives:
- copies of The True Meaning of Smekday and Smek for President
- and $25 Visa gift card to see HOME in theaters!
*Prizing courtesy of Disney Hyperion
*Giveaway open to US addresses only
LEARN MORE
Learn more about The True Meaning of Smekday
Learn more about Smek for President
Follow Disney-Hyperion on Twitter
Follow Adam Rex on Twitter
#Smekday #HOME
Full Disclosure: My family received the same prize pack in appreciation for hosting this giveaway. All opinions are my own.
Will you read the series to your child or do they prefer to read on their own?
The kids love when we read Fried Eggs and Ham together.
thank you
She’s a toddler so she likes various Spot books.
Disney stories.
My daughter is enjoying the Fly Guy books right now!
My children are raised but my granddaughter likes to read read the Dork Diaries to me.
We love the Cat in the Hat
My granddaughters enjoy reading Little Red Riding Hood and just about any Dr. Suess. Wild Things is a favorite too.
My daughter loves pinkalicious!
thank you for the chance
She loves to read Fancy Nancy books. I think they are pretty cute too.
Right now she has been enjoying a brave girls devotional book with me called faithful friends
We like to read Green Eggs and Ham together.
My oldest loves the Dick and Jane books and anything about dinosaurs.
Good Night Moon was their favorite to read together.
We like the Cat in The Hat.
My grandson enjoys me reading Curious George books to him.
My son loved the Dr. Suess books-especially Green Eggs and Ham! He got a kick out of reading this book!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
We like Cat in the Hat
We like Charlotte’s Web.
Right now my daughter loves Fancy Nancy books
We like Curious George books.
We love anything Dr. Suess.
We like Charlottes Web
Thanks for the nice giveaway!
My daughter’s favorite book to read together is “Don’t Forget The Oatmeal.”
my kids always like Disney books and dr suess
We love to read together many books. My son’s favorite are Dr. Seuss.
We are in anything Mickey Mouse at this time, it changes about every month.
the cat in the hat
We really love to read any book by Dr. Seuss together!
Ours was always Five Little Monkeys.
We love reading Little House on the Prairie books together.. as well well The Pokey Little Puppy and The Chronicles of Narnia books.
We love reading any of Dr. Suess’ books!! My kids are obsessed with them!
My kids like Harry Potter.
The World of Peter Rabbit book set and Aesop’s Fables where favorites to read.
My favorite book it Goodnite moon.
My sons favorite is I love you all year long.
favorite book is too the moon and back
We like to read Green Eggs and Ham.
He likes to switch it up a lot, which I appreciate. We’ve read Lion King a few times recently. He likes anything I do voices with. Haha.
Right now my grandson loves to read Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog together with me.
Our favorite is I love you stinky face!!
My kids like The Little Critter books and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
I don’t have a child, but I work with developmentally disabled adults (one has mentioned wanting to see the movie Home). One of the adults I work with loves Juevos Verdes Y Hamon (the Spanish version of Green Eggs and Ham) since Spanish is his main language. I love reading it to him as it helps me with my elementary Spanish.
Goodnight Moon is their favorite.
This sounds so cute! Our favorite book to read together is either Green Eggs and Ham or The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
We love Ping The Runaway Duck
I don’t think my daughters have a favorite book, they have so many books to choose from! They like a wide variety, but anything that is a chapter book they like.
The magic treehouse books!
The Kids Love Horton Hears A Who!
We like The Ranger’s Apprentice.
I have three bookcases and we check out a number of books every month from the library but right now we are currently reading the books based on the new tinker bell never beast
My daughter’s fave is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Also anything by Dr. Seuss.
anything by green eggs and ham sam
The American Girl books.
Snow White
My sons love the Junie B Jones series.
My girls love Cinderella and we have read this so many times.
she likes who say moo
My kids favorite is The Little Engine that could…We must have read it a thousand times 🙂
My boys like The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
The Berenstain Bear books are a hit.
my kids loved me to read anything from Thomas the train books
The Curious George books are very popular in our house.
We like to read fairy tales but don’t have one favorite.
We love the Dr. Seuss books!