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Lane Smith


Born
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The United States
August 25, 1955

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Genre
Children's, Art


Lane Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but moved to Corona, California at a young age. He spent summers in Tulsa, however, and cites experiences there as inspirations for his work, saying that "[o]nce you've seen a 100-foot cement buffalo on top of a donut-stand (sic) in the middle of nowhere, you're never the same."

He studied art in college at the encouragement of his high school art teacher, helping to pay for it by working as a janitor at Disneyland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration, and moved to New York City, where he was hired to do illustrations for various publications including Time, Mother Jones, and Ms..

Smith is married to Molly Leach, who is a book designer and designed the Smith/Scieszka collaboration. ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 395,590 ratings · 21,267 reviews · 107 distinct works • Similar authors
It's a Book
4.23 avg rating — 10,188 ratings — published 2010 — 36 editions
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Grandpa Green
4.09 avg rating — 8,697 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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John, Paul, George & Ben
4.20 avg rating — 3,672 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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A Perfect Day
3.98 avg rating — 2,022 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions
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There Is a Tribe of Kids
3.78 avg rating — 1,617 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions
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Abe Lincoln's Dream
3.81 avg rating — 1,124 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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Madam President
3.85 avg rating — 973 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
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Stickler Loves the World
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The Happy Hocky Family
4.22 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions
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It's a Little Book
4.02 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions
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“It's a book, jackass.”
― Lane Smith, It's a Book
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“How do you scroll down?"
"I don't, I turn the page. It's a book."
"Do you blog with it?"
"No, it's a book.”
― Lane Smith, It's a Book
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“He that reads, be it on yon Kindle or on yon book made from pulp, is he who shall not be called a jackass.”
― Lane Smith
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