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Friday, 5 September 2025

Junior Review: Shmoof

Shmoof is shmoofy. Shmoof is VERY shmoofy. Shmoof might even be the SHMOOFIEST dog there ever was.

The story of Shmoof is a follow up to the well-known book Floof

Shmoof is just about to meet Floof and is ready to be friends with Floof. Floof is ready to never be friends with Shmoof.

But then comes the … vacuum cleaner!

Shmoof does not like the vacuum-cleaner. Floof does not like the vacuum-cleaner either. They both have something in common now, but can they get rid of the vacuum-cleaner together, and could they become friends in the process?

This is a hilarious story, and I think readers aged 4 to 122 (the oldest person in the world) will enjoy it. It’s also a good story to calm down people or cheer people up, or even people going to bed too.

Title: Shmoof 
Author/Illustrator: Heidi McKinnon
Publisher: Allen and Unwin, $19.99
Publication Date:
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781760876661
For ages: 4 -6 
Type: Picture Books