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Lane Smith

Lane Smith
Photograph by Molly Leach

Lane Smith

Lane Smith is the author-illustrator of Grandpa Green and the illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, both Caldecott Honor winners. His books have appeared on the New York Times Best Illustrated list four times, and several of his books, including It’s a Book and John, Paul, George & Ben, have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives with book designer Molly Leach in rural Connecticut, and can be visited at LaneSmithBooks.com.

Lulu Walks the Dogs will be released on September 04, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus will be released on April 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
Lulu and the Brontosaurus is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
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Lulu Walks the Dogs
Mar 02, 2012
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus has won an award
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus has won an award
Mar 20, 2011
Lulu and the Brontosaurus is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 14, 2010
Lulu and the Brontosaurus will be released on September 14, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 14, 2010
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Sep 03, 2010
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Aug 20, 2010
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus
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Examiner.com, May 7, 2012
...to design a commemorative Children's Book Week Poster and Bookmark. Download the 2012 Book Week bookmark by Lane Smith and order your 2012 Poster by David Wiesner! It's also the final countdown to the winners of the Children's Choice Book Award Winners...
Technology and Learning Magazine, May 6, 2012
...site sponsored by the Children’s Book Council. Print out the official bookmark, designed by author and illustrator, Lane Smith. See the poster designed by David Wiesner, and perhaps, most important of all, encourage your students to vote for their...
Times Education Supplement, April 30, 2012
...Klassen, Walker Books KS 1 Non-Fiction, Press Here, Herve Tullet, Chronicle Books KS2 Fiction, It's a Book, Lane Smith, Macmillan KS2 Non-Fiction, Into the Unkonwn, Stewart Ross, illus., Stepehn Biesty, Walke More…r Books...
Burnley Express, April 11, 2012
...boring bits! Away from the Olympics, there is a wide range of funny, fascinating and informative books including Lane Smith’s sharp and witty It’s A Book! (Macmillan, paperback, £5.99) Aimed at an audience anywhere between one and adulthood, it...
Guardian.co.uk, March 31, 2012
...whatever other high-tech device they are glued to, will find it hard not to laugh out loud at Lane Smith's delightful homage to the joy of reading, It's a Book . Smith's concept is simple yet deeply satisfying. Through a wry exchange between an IT-savvy...
Booktrade - Book2Book, March 20, 2012
...clients include Stephenie Meyer, Neil Gaiman, Linda Howard, Lisa Jackson, V.C. Andrews, Laurel K. Hamilton, Susan Patron, Lane Smith, Rachel Renee Russell, the estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as 80 or so illustrators of children's books...
TriValleyCentral.com, March 16, 2012
...hated it, he said. He found an illustrator. Publishers hated the illustrations, too. But he and the artist, Lane Smith, kept submitting the story and illustrations until they found a publisher who said, Yes. That book has sold 4 million copies in 12...
San Angelo Standard-Times, March 1, 2012
...Desk and Derrick Club at 11:30 a.m. March 14 at Bentwood Country Club, 2111 Club House Lane. Smith spent four days as one of the staging officers at the Coke County Courthouse during the final days of the Wildcat Fire that destroyed thousands of acres in...
Examiner.com, March 1, 2012
...corner. This kid is taking his dream all the way to the moon, so watch out. Illustrated by Lane Smith, you can find Big Plans and other books by Bob Shea� for your young dreamer locally from the� Gail Borden, Batavia, Poplar Creek, Bartlett, and...
Chopsy Baby, March 1, 2012
...An interesting subject matter.” Rating: 10/10 What is it? Three characters, Mouse, Jackass and Monkey, exchange banter in Lane Smith’s wry look at the role of books versus technology. Reviewed by… Chopsy Baby Aimed as much at the adult reader as...
Williston Observer, March 1, 2012
...to ignore or coast through stops signs if they feel they aren’t warranted. Regarding the added turning lane, Smith said that while it would help improve traffic congestion, it would have little safety benefit. Smith called the roundabout option the...
Bossier Press-Tribune, February 29, 2012
...to lead Bossier past Logansport 7-2 Tuesday. Stutts and Jake Gray both had two hits for the Bearkats. Lane Smith and Art Aldrete had doubles. Elsewhere, Parkway fell to Evangel 16-10 and Benton lost to Bastrop 5-4. Parkway’s Tyler Churchwell went...
The Atlantic Wire, February 29, 2012
...not be a terrible idea, though we'll miss out on the odd and terrific ways titles like Lane Smith's It's A Book are to young readers  [ The Guardian ]...
West Hartford Patch, February 27, 2012
...Schwartz, Rebecca Schwartz, Eli Shakun, Madelyn Shakun, Zachary Silver, Perri Silverhart, Emily Singer, Sarah Rose Slate, Samuel Sloan, Lane Smith, Aubrie Souza, Hallie St. Germain, Rebecca Stambler, Abigail Stockwell, Sarah Torosyan, Suzanne Trammel,...