Though it will surely draw a laugh from kids, it will give even more pleasure to parents who have been trying to make loudly the point that Smith's book makes softly: that the virtues of a book are independent of any bells, whistles or animation it might be made to contain. “Those of us for whom books are a faith in themselves - who find the notion that pixels, however ordered, could be any kind of substitute for the experience of reading in a chair with the strange thing spread open on our lap - will love this book. “I do love this book.” - The New Yorker magazine's, Book Bench blog He lives in rural Connecticut with the designer Molly Leach. 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. In 1996, Lane served as Conceptual Designer on the Disney film version of James and the Giant Peach. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders Big Plans by Bob Shea and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Lane's other high profile titles include Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. His titles with Jon Scieszka have included the Caldecott Honor winner The Stinky Cheese Man The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Math Curse and Science Verse.
His other works include the national bestsellers Madam President and John, Paul, George & Ben. He is also the author of the middle-grade novel Return to Augie Hobble, as well as author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor book Grandpa Green and runaway New York Times bestseller It's a Book which has been translated into over twenty languages. Lane Smith has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff, including the Kate Greenaway Medalist There Is A Tribe of Kids, and A Perfect Day.
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