![]() ![]() He covets the book and readers watch him pore over it for hours. He responds with a knee-jerk reaction (“too many letters”) and hilariously reduces it to text speak, but his interest is piqued. ![]() ![]() Life, death, and madness, all in a single illustrated page of Treasure Island, draw Jackass in. Exasperated, Monkey hands over the volume. The monkey's oval head creates an “o” in the word “book.” Slapstick humor ensues in an armchair face-off when one character, reared on a diet of Web 2.0 and gaming, cannot fathom what to do with a book and slings a barrage of annoying questions, “Can you blog with it? How do you scroll down? Can you make the characters fight?” Readers know who is speaking by each animal's unique font type and color, achieving economy and elegance on each page. Gr 3-5–Smith jump-starts the action on the title page where readers meet the characters–a mouse, a jackass, and a monkey. It's a Book by Lane Smith, read by Ruth Merttens | Storytelling from Hamilton Trust ![]()
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