Author & illustrator: Lane Smith
Website: http://www.lanesmithbooks.com/
Media Used: Illustrations were done in brush and ink. The textures were created using oil paints on a hot press illustration board which were then sprayed with acrylic spray. Images were scanned into Photoshop for final touches.
Summary: While a monkey is reading a book, a jackass comes along and wonders what it is by comparing the book to modern digital media such as blogging and texting.
Personal Reaction: "Can it text? No. Tweet? No. Wi-Fi? No." I love the inqusitive jackass's questions as he trys to figure out what a book is by comparing it to the popular digital media that he is familiar with. His questions could be those of any small child, trying to relate the unfamilar to the familar. The big monkey is extremely patient (much like an older family member) with the jackass, saying simply that "It's a book." I think in order to appreciate the humor of the book you need to be older (5th grade & up). Though we have 5 copies at my local library, so maybe there are lots of parents out there that enjoy reading it? Defintely check it out - whether you have a kid to read it too or not.
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