It's a Book! / Lane Smith

Lane Smith, illustrator (and frequent collaborator with Jon Szieszka) communicates a clever message with this little tome. It’s not clear whether this book is for adults or children, maybe both. Cartoon characters, almost like Mo Willems in their simplicity—a mouse, a monkey, and a jackass (a male donkey!) inhabit the pages. Monkey has a book, JA asks “Can it text? blog? scroll? wi-fi?, tweet?...” Monkey answers, “No, it’s a book!” There’s a YouTube video version of this picture book, but watching it on a screen sort of defeats the purpose of It’s a Book.