It's a Little Book

by Lane Smith

Overview

Now in diapers! For the youngest of readers who still prefer to chew on a book rather than read it, It's a Little Book asks what a book is for—Is it for chewing? Is it for wearing?—and answers the question in a warm and charming way. As funny and captivating as the bestselling It's a Book, It's a Little Book promises to delight a new generation of readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596437586
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	1 - 2 Years

About the Author

Lane Smith has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff, including picture books There Is A Tribe Of Kids; John, Paul, George & Ben; Madam President; and middle-grade novel Return to Augie Hobble . He is the author and illustrator of 2012 Caldecott Honor book Grandpa Green, and the New York Times bestseller It's a Book, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.

Lane's titles with Jon Scieszka have included the Caldecott Honor-winner The Stinky Cheese Man; The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs; Math Curse; and Science Verse. Lane's other high profile titles include Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky;The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders; Big Plans by Bob Shea; and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. In 1996 Lane served as Conceptual Designer on the Disney film version of James and the Giant Peach. Lane also wrote and illustrated the retro, cult favorites, The Happy Hocky Family and The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country.

Like the Hocky family, he and book designer Molly Leach live in a little town in the country.

Editorial Reviews

The pint-size companion to the best-selling ‘It’s a Book!,’ the board book version doesn’t merely shrink the proportions of the original; it also wisely contracts the whole wired world of its older brother into the smaller scope of a toddler’s landscape — in a good way.” —New York Times "ArtsBeat" blog

“It's a Little Book allows you to introduce an even younger generation to the brilliance of Lane Smith in a great board book package…Put down the Tablet, the revolution is over-rated–long live the printed book!” —BSCKids.com

“It's a Little Book is a Mommy Bookworm's dream…” —Jen Robinson's Book Page

From the Publisher

…doesn't merely shrink the proportions of the original; it also wisely contracts the whole wired world of its older brother into the smaller scope of a toddler's landscape—in a good way.
—The New York Times

Pamela Paul