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Grandpa green by lane smith5/22/2023 He’s proven himself as one of the most playful and innovative artistic talents in kids lit for years, so the fact that you want to frame every page of Grandpa Green and hang them around your house isn’t an earth-shattering revelation. It’s NO surprise that Smith, as an illustrator, has delivered another gorgeous picture book. Specifically, I’m talking about his latest picture book, Grandpa Green, a book that I think, stands as a big shift in tone for the author, but it’s a shift that pays off beautifully.įirst, don’t get me wrong. And we very purposely don’t own either title, because, when we take them out from the library, she sees it as an enormous treat.Īll that being said, with the regard that we have for Smith’s body of work, it’s really spectacular to know that he can still surprise us as a creator. My daughter swears up and down that Smith’s The Big Elephant in the Room and The Happy Hocky Family – two books that he both wrote and illustrated – are two of the funniest books she’s ever read. We are huge fans of his work as an author and illustrator across a whole slew of titles like The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Seen Art?, Madam President, Cowboy and Octopus, Princess Hyacinth, It’s a Book… the list goes on and on. Lane Smith is one of those creators that my family completely takes for granted.
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