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TitleTales -- Book display <br />1 of 3 <br />http://bwibooks.com/viewnext.php <br />i`lttgli titt i rtl ; >G -CJif LRl 4 ' <br />It's a book <br />Binding <br />Dewey <br />OCLC <br />List Price! <br />Disc. Price <br />Age Level <br />ISBN fl <br />TR <br />-E- <br />0515477246 <br />12.99/ <br />7.79 <br />(4Q %) <br />6 -10 <br />1596436069 <br />Its <br />Bqt <br />Author <br />Smith, Lane <br />Publisher /Vendor <br />Roaring Brook Press, 8/10/2010 <br />MARC <br />Description <br />32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm., Picture Book, 32 pages <br />Edition <br />1st ed. <br />Classifications <br />Fiction, Easy <br />Reviews <br />Booklist 2010- 07 -15; Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2010- 09 -01; Horn <br />Book 2011- 05 -01; Kirkus Reviews 2010- 07 -01; Library Media Connection <br />2010- 11 -01; New York Times 2010- 10 -17; Publishers Weekly starred 2010- 07 -19; <br />School Library Journal starred 2010- 08 -01; Wilson's Children 2011 -09 -01 <br />Awards <br />IRA Children's Choices: 2011, NY Times Notable Children's Books: 2010 <br />Publication Date <br />8/10/2010 <br />Summary <br />Two readers compare a print to digital media, and learn books are still valuable. <br />From the <br />Publisher <br />Playful and lighthearted with a subversive twist that is signature Lane Smith, IT'S A <br />BOOK is a delightful manifesto on behalf of print in the digital age. This satisfying, <br />perfectly executed picture book has something to say to readers of all stripes and <br />all ages. <br />Subjects <br />Books and reading Fiction.;Humorous stories.;Humorous fiction.;Picture books for <br />children. <br />BISAC Subjects <br />Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Ages & Monkeys Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Farm <br />Animals Juvenile Fiction / General, Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories <br />Branch Info <br />Want <br />Notes <br />Agency <br />Fund <br />Qty <br />Booklist -- 2010 -07 -01 <br />Grades 1 -3. Smith throws down his gauntlet in the ongoing debate over digital versus print in this spare <br />offering. A donkey (jackass) with a laptop and a monkey with a hardcover book discuss the merits of <br />their preferred formats. "How do you scroll down ?" the donkey asks. "Do you blog with it'?" "Can you <br />make the characters fight ?" To each question, the monkey offers an answer that riffs on this small, <br />square picture book's title. At one point, the monkey shoves a page into his companion's hands, showing <br />a story about a pirate. "Too many words," the donkey responds, and he quickly transcribes the story as <br />"LJS: rrr! K? loll / JIM: :( ! :)." Unimpressed, the monkey continues to build his case until his big -eared <br />7/13/2012 10:51 AM <br />