It's a Little Book
Roaring Brook Press
Available: 08/30/11
6.02 x 5.88 · 24 pages
Ages 12-24 months
9781596437586
CDN $12.99
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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 bestsellingIt's a Book,It's a Little Book promises to delight a new generation of readers.
Lane Smith has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff, including the Kate Greenaway MedalistThere Is A Tribe of Kids, andA Perfect Day.
He is also the author of the middle-grade novelReturn to Augie Hobble, as well as author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor bookGrandpa Green and runaway New York Times bestsellerIt's a Book which has been translated into over twenty languages. His other works include the national bestsellersMadam President andJohn, Paul, George & Ben. His titles with Jon Scieszka have included the Caldecott Honor winnerThe Stinky Cheese Man;The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs;Math Curse; andScience Verse. Lane's other high profile titles includeHooray for Diffendoofer Day!by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky;The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders;Big Plans by Bob Shea; andJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. In 1996, Lane served as Conceptual Designer on the Disney film version ofJames and the Giant Peach.
In 2012, the Eric Carle Museum named him a Carle Artist for lifelong innovation in the field of children's picture books," and in 2014, he was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Illustrators. He lives in rural Connecticut with the designer Molly Leach.
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