It's not cool to be anti-technology, Lane. There is room in the world for screens and paper. It's also not cool to have your hero call his rival a "jackass" in a book that's supposedly for children. I have a feeling this book was actually written for people just like me (adults who love books hard), and yet it rubbed me the wrong way. My favorite part was the passage from [b:Treasure Island|295|Treasure Island|Robert Louis Stevenson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156894951s/295.jpg|3077988]. ( )

I enjoy the humor, with and artistry of Lane Smith. This is a laugh-out-loud look at the concept of a written book rather than a time in the future when perhaps only digitized or oral books will be the mode of learning about a book. As the donkey notes that the monkey is holding a shape and avidly looking through the pages, he asks "What do you have there?" "Where is your mouse?" "Can you manipulate the characters?" "Does it need a password?" "Is there need for a screen name?"

The answer to each of these questions is "IT'S A BOOK!!!">

I admit that I am one of the hold outs in wanting to hold a physical book, and feel the texture as I turn the pages. Perhaps in the future as I grow older and arthritis sets in, I will consume books that are not tangible. But, for now, I will keep turning the pages. ( )

A children's librarian showed me this book a few years ago and I fell in love with it based solely on the last page. Today at a church book sale, I found a copy that looks like it's never even been touched, and I snapped it up.


Because I love any children's book that ends with:

It's a book, Jackass. ( )

Cannot wait to read this to my students. This will also be great for when my Pop Culture Studies class does storyboards. The illustrations are from different angles, which will make teaching that concept a little easier. And the last line of the book: awesome. ( )

"It's a Book" is about...well...a book! One character is persistantly asking questions about what the other character is doing, which is, reading a book, and questioning about what it can do. Many questions are asking if it can do what his computer can do. Although the book can not make noises, post blogs, or needs a password to unlock, the curious character reads a small portion of the book and is instantly hooked. Refusing to hand the book over, the other character heads off to the library to find another. Today, technology is everywhere and children are rarely reading physical books. This story would be a useful read aloud in a classroom setting to get students interested in reading physical books, and going to the library to search for ones they may enjoy. ( )