The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Smith, Lane

It's a Book

32 pp. | Roaring Brook | August, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-606-0 $12.99

(2) K-3 In this wickedly funny picture book, Monkey is trying to read, and Donkey (with laptop) has questions about the object Monkey’s absorbed in. The conversation occurs in a sleek, minimalistic living room, where design elements such as varying fonts and computer-generated onomatopoeia add to the collision of techno and non-. Older kids will relish the naughty punch line ("…it's a book, Jackass").

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2010