Children’s Book Explains What A Book Is

By Michelle Castillo | September 3, 2010 | +

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Growing up in the digital age, kids these days sure know how to tweet and text. But, what ever happened to good old fashioned dog-eared paperback books from the library? You know, the kind you can drip ice cream on without worrying that it will short out or give to your next door neighbor without your mother yelling “YOU GAVE YOUR WHAT TO WHO!? DO YOU KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THAT WAS!?”

Children’s author Lane Smith — who also penned/illustrated the hilarious The True Story of the Three Little Pigs — has written It’s A Book to remind the youth of today what good old print and paper looks like.

“Do you scroll down?” asks the confused bunny.

“No, you turn the page. It’s a book,” says the ancient, wise monkey in the outdated t-shirt.

The bunny looks even more confounded.

We’re suggesting he needs to write the sequel “It’s A Weekly Magazine.” Preferably soon.

And, no you cannot download this book onto your Kindle.

Related Topics: digital vs printed page, it's a book, lane smith, Gaming & Culture

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colinpark

This post is incomplete without this:
usesherbrain

The irony of creating an animated video to be shown, tweeted about, linked to, etc. on the internet to promote a book about books is slightly mindblowing.
beckie66

When I first read this story a few days ago, I didn’t know what to think. Obviously the author hasn’t heard of all of the tweens and up reading Harry Potter and Twilight. I showed the video to my 6yr old son, and he asked me to request the book from the library so that he can read it. I get what the author is getting at here, but it is also ironic that we had to read about this book on the Internet, just like the previous poster said. But hey, we are all talking about it, right? Publicity works!
beckie66

So I picked this book up yesterday from my library and my son and I read it together. He learned a new word – jackass. Not exactly a children’s book IMHO. I think it is marketed towards tween males.