New Releases by Lane Smith

The major arcana cards come to life through the voices and stories of 22 tarot experts. Every tarot card has an accepted meaning that can be found in countless books, but reading tarot requires more than academic study. It demands personal investment. The cards are a living, breathing system that connects a reader to their own life''s journey and their own truth. In this landmark anthology curated by ritualist and reader Jane Meredith, 22 experts come together to recount a time when their life seemed to merge with the tarot. Each contributor shares a deeply personal story related to a specific card in the major arcana. With their stories plus spreads, rituals, and other exercises, this book will inspire new and experienced readers to move beyond mere memorization to trusting their intuition. Contributors include: - Jane Meredith - Courtney Alexander - Mat Auryn - Lucy Cavendish - Jack Chanek - T. Susan Chang - Ivo Dominguez, Jr. - Lilith Dorsey - Amanda Yates Garcia - Mary K. Greer - Kristoffer Hughes - KamalaDevi McClure - Chelsey Pippin Mizzi - Barbara Moore - Fio Gede Parma - Rachel Patterson - Siddharth Ramakrishnan - Lane Smith - Cassandra Snow - Jhenah Telyndru - Cat Treadwell - Meg Jones Wall

Stickler, the woodland creature from the mind of award-winning author-illustrator Lane Smith, returns to celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving his friends his favorite gift: sticks. A humorous and witty friendship story that encourages kindness and empathy. Stickler, a one-of-a-kind creature made of sticks, is giving his friends Valentine’s Day sticks, but none of them are interested in Valentine’s sticks. Crow says he prefers fine, shiny things, Beaver likes receiving funny cards, and Wolf doesn’t care for Valentine’s sticks – they’re too small to chew on! When Stickler tries to offer Cat a Valentine stick, she does not want one. “Hmm…” he wonders, “Maybe Valentine’s Day is not about what Stickler loves, but what others love.” Stickler has an idea: he will give Cat a gift he knows she wants. Lane Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Giraffe Problems and The Stinky Cheese Man, presents a story about showing friendship and being thoughtful with humor and wit. Featuring the return of the irresistible Stickler (first seen in A Gift for Nana), this lighthearted picture book celebrates the ways we show kindness and love in gestures big or small.

Bestselling and award-winning creator Lane Smith presents an interactive read-aLOUD that invites readers to take a break, run wild with their imaginations, and join in on some good-natured, school-sanctioned shenanigans. School is where you go to learn. It is fun. But sometimes you need a little break from all the fun. That is why there is recess. But what if it’s not recess time? No problem! You can have a Now Recess, a Really-Need-a-Break Recess, a Wherever-You-Are Recess. It doesn’t matter what you call it. Just make sure you shout it: RECESS! Featuring the distinctive humor and beloved art of bestselling Caldecott honoree Lane Smith, this irresistibly fun, interactive read aLOUD is the perfect stress reliever to send kids into fits of giggles and shaking out their wiggles.

A guide to reading Tarot as a spark for community engagement and social change “A beacon of insight and action.” —Nyasha Williams, author of Black Tarot and I Affirm Me The cards in the Tarot deck offer seventy-eight invitations for change, not only in our inner life, but beyond. Lane Smith invites us to read each card with an eye toward the collective—how we can contribute to liberation in the world. Smith shares, “Behind every story about Tarot—and about the world—are power relationships which are often invisible.” 78 Acts of Liberation examines the structure, history, and components of Tarot through the lens of power, helping us better understand power dynamics in our life and in society. After a brief history that highlights often-ignored aspects of Tarot’s past, Smith guides us through each card with reflections about clarifying our values and putting them into action. The cards are organized numerologically so that each number corresponds to a type of action, from Ones as Acts of Initiation to Tens as Acts of Generation. Every individual card offers questions for personal reflection and social consideration. Each Major Arcana card is illustrated with an example from a social movement—from the Indigenous Water Protectors to #MeToo—that illuminates how we can put the power of these timeless archetypes into action today. Every Minor Arcana card is linked to a practical and actionable term to know or skill to practice. 78 Acts of Liberation helps us explore: • What our core values are, and how we can put them into action • How we can be socially engaged, whatever our life circumstance—whether it’s through what we teach our children or through collective action and protest • How to sustain ourselves over time and through challenge As Smith explains, “Truth alone will not set us free. We have to act on it.” This guide offers inspiration for action—action that can feel joyful, hopeful, freeing, and empowering.

From award-winning author/illustrator Lane Smith comes Stickler, a woodland creature who reminds us to appreciate the everyday wonders we often ignore. In a picture book that’s both silly and sweet, readers will find Stickler’s enthusiasm irresistible and see the world anew. A Junior Library Guild selection • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People Magazine • Kirkus Reviews • The Boston Globe • The Evanston Public Library And just think of the wonders we must pass every day without even noticing! Stickler, an original character covered in sticks and with multiple ever-changing eyes, loves its little world. With best friend Crow, it shares the wonders of all the amazing things the world has to offer. Stickler is astonished by the ordinary, such as the sun and the stars, as well as fascinated by those things in nature that are often overlooked, such as swirling seed pods falling from the sky. The two pals wander about the world, stopping to appreciate the many marvels along the way, especially its beloved sticks, each one unique. Stickler Loves the World encourages awareness and mindfulness with a joyous and lighthearted touch. The award-winning illustrator of bestsellers including Penguin Problems and Giraffe Problems brings imagination and humor to a story that features a delightful and original character.

Two-time Caldecott Honor author/illustrator Lane Smith tells a whimsical story about a little rabbit searching for the best gift for someone very special. A thoughtful little Rabbit sets out to find the perfect gift for his Nana. He knows she will love anything he brings her but Rabbit wants this gift to be extra special. As he travels on his quest, Rabbit encounters an assortment of creatures-a crow, a smiling full moon, a stickler (whatever that is), a big fish, and a volcano. Each is certain they offer the best advice but nothing they suggest seems right for his Nana. It''s not until Rabbit reaches the highest peak, that he finds exactly what he''s been searching for. The award -winning illustrator of bestsellers including Penguin Problems and Giraffe Problems, brings originality and gentle humor to a story that parents and grandparents will be sharing with their children for years to come.

“...blunt, fast-moving, entertaining...” — Kirkus Reviews To tear down the system . . . . . . He’s got to level up Condemned by the media circus of a People’s Republic of California court, Donny is plugged into a deadly game as entertainment for the brutalized masses. Tormented over failing his father, Donny realizes honor hangs in the balance. His family’s fate lies in his hands. Donny must battle through a cutthroat digital world to free thousands of political prisoners and bring down the corrupt system. But the future’s most ruthless killers stand in his way. Can Donny’s wits and unbreakable spirit get him out alive? Fans of Ready Player One and Sword Art Online will love Level Up or Die, the new first-person steampunk LitRPG adventure from #1 bestselling authors Joshua Lisec and Adam Lane Smith. Read it today!

Jaycen Alan Ford was an ordinary rich teenager living an ordinary rich teenager''s life... until he wrecked his brand new Corvette. Not only did he total his car, but he escaped the vehicle as it was in mid-air and watched the rest of the devastating crash take place in slow motion. As it turned out, Jaycen was fast. Really fast. And he wasn''t the only one. Soon afterwards, his parents, along with many other people, were killed in a mass murder by another speedster. On a quest to take down his parents'' killer, Jaycen learns of an entire secret society of people with special abilities, and through thick and thin, has to work with them and the U.S. government to bring down a man who moves twice as fast as he does, and somehow knows twice as much about his life - past, present, and even future - than he should.

AVIATION STORIES BY PILOTS WHO SHOULD BE DEAD This collection of near-death stories by private pilots, fighter pilots, airline pilots, bush pilots, air traffic controllers, and combat crews shines a spotlight on the bravery and ingenuity of men and women in aviation who stood up to the Grim Reaper when he came a'knocking at death's door. You'll be transported right into the middle of these forthright accounts, some deadly serious, some amusing, but always true.

Insecurity is a deadly threat. It eats away at you and turns every social engagement into a chance to make a mistake and lose everything. Insecurity runs you down until you''re too exhausted to leave your house and the joy is sucked from your life. Psychotherapist Adam Lane Smith lays out a comprehensive plan to help individuals combat the effects of insecurity, attacking this personal anxiety at the root. Armed with a host of new tools and perspectives, seize control of your life and finally slay the monster of destructive insecurity.

"Una obra maestra sin pretensiones... el poder de este libro radica en su riqueza, alusiva y artística." New York Times Book Review "Visualmente intrigante y emotivamente resonante, este es un libro para ser comentado. Con cada lectura subsecuente ofrece una nueva lectura de significados y conexiones visuales." School Library Journal Starred Review El abuelo está en su jardín. No, él no siempre fue jardinero. También fue un niño que se crió en una granja, tuvo varicela, dio su primer beso, fue un soldado, y sobre todo fue un artista. Pero ahora ya no recuerda muchas cosas... Por eso pasa las horas en su jardín, podando los setos y arbustos. Y gracias a eso su bisnieto puede revivir el pasado del abuelo al recorrer las caprichosas formas de los árboles. Visitar el jardín del abuelo es habitar y aproximar lugares que cualquiera pensaría inalcanzables. Un libro tan enigmático como bello, que explora las formas de comunicación que vencen al envejecimiento y el olvido. Un libro para leer, y releer, con los hijos, los nietos y los bisnietos.

"Uno de los grandes autores-ilustradores estadounidenses de la actualidad nos presenta un bello álbum dirigido a los más pequeños, pero cuya calidad artística y hondura filosófica despertará el interés de los lectores de todas las edades. La obra tiene como héroe a un niño salvaje que, por razones que ignoramos, vive con un rebaño de cabras. Un día deja al grupo en busca de su propia identidad y en el camino se encuentra con otros animales (pingüinos, medusas, ballenas, cuervos, elefantes, monos ...). Con todos estos seres el protagonista establece una verdadera empatía; con todos se siente a gusto, feliz y aceptado. Sin embargo, no es sino hasta que se topa con una tribu de seres humanos cuando este pequeño establece lazos profundos."--

A perfect day means different things to different animals in Bert''s backyard in this droll tale from bestselling, Caldecott Honor-winner Lane Smith.

Simple text follows a young boy and the many animals he meets on his adventure through the jungle.

LYING, CHEATING, AND STEALING WON'T CURE MARCH MADNESS. . . In Kentucky, where basketball is oxygen, Tommy Gunn plays his way into the NCAA title game. Despite the warnings of his sweetheart Lori, Tommy takes a big bribe to lose the game and then a bigger bribe to injure an opponent and win the game. Consumed by greed, he reneges on all deals, steals all the money, and escapes into troubled exile hounded by Russian and Italian bookies. Adopting a stolen identity, he builds a team using lies, rules violations, and sheer audacity to claw his way back to the top. Tommy will fake, take, and forsake anything to win games, but he can't regain Lori's love unless he turns his back on greed and finds salvation in a hope-starved place called Rio Feo.

Download the first chapters of FOUR fantastic middle-grade books! This chapter sampler includes excerpts from Moone Boy: The Blunder Years by Chris O''Dowd and Nick Murphy; From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess by Meg Cabot; Return to Augie Hobble by Lane Smith; and The Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman.Visit MacKids.com to find out more about these great new middle-grade reads!

New Mexico middle-schooler Augie Hobble grapples with adolescence, paranormal mysteries, an overdue Creative Arts project, and heartbreaking loss while working in his father''s theme park, Fairy Tale Place.

When a tech-savvy donkey comes across a monkey reading a book he questions him about what technological specifications it has- from texting to requiring a password to needing to be recharged. In the end, donkey keeps the book and monkey cannot help but get frustrated with donkey and reiterate "It''s a book, jackass."

"Eric Carle, Nick Bruel, Lucy Cousins, Susan Jeffers, Steven Kellogg, Jon Klassen, Tom Lichtenheld, Peter McCarty, Chris Raschka, Peter Sis, Lane Smith, Erin Stead, Rosemary Wells and Mo Willems. Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children''s book artists share their favorite animals and why they love them"--

John Wesley Hardin is the smartest kid in Caledonia, but his high I.Q. can't always keep his dream world separate from the real world. Named after an outlaw by a mother with the attention span of a hummingbird, John is different from other children. He memorizes the Periodic Table of the Elements in four days just because he can. People call him a genius, and he believes them, because he can't think of any evidence to the contrary. John's chronic overconfidence upsets the balance between risk and reward in his decision-making. Believing that he can rescue his father's hardware store from failure, he makes huge bets that threaten to ruin him and his family financially. Each brush with disaster emboldens him to take on even greater risks. His vestiges of infantile omnipotence fall just short of pathological grandiosity. His obsessive nature and good intentions muddle the distinction between right and wrong; he rationalizes committing one fraud after another. When his fundamental identity is exposed as a fiction, his confidence is shattered. He must choose between pride and humility, between self-reliance and dependence on others. His reward for making the right choice is the chance to redeem himself as a young man capable of loving and worthy of being loved.

The companion title to It''s a Book, now in nappies! A playful exchange between an uninformed young donkey and a book-loving young ape brings Lane Smith''s bestselling It''s a Book to an even younger audience. This fun and satisfying board book is perfect for small hands, so now the message about the joy of reading can be shared with toddlers too.

From the bestselling author of It''s a Book comes a funny, touching tale about the legacy of America''s greatest president. When a schoolgirl gets separated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Together they embark on a journey across the country to answer Lincoln''s questions and quiet his concerns about the nation for which he gave his life. This wholly original tale is signature Lane Smith; Abe Lincoln''s Dream is funny, touching, and surprising in a way only possible from this master picture book creator. This title has Common Core connections.

Some 3.8 billion years ago, in an era of churning seas and murky skies, a few chemicals combined under the right conditions, and life emerged on planet Earth. From that first cell, life progressed to a myriad of one-celled organisms, to organisms capable of photo-synthesis, to multicellular organisms, to simple plant and animal forms, up to the complex life forms we know today. Scientists have been able to trace these developments and how they may have occurred, through the scientific study of fossils, relationships among organisms, biochemistry of current life forms, genetic sequencing, and laboratory experiments. In the Evolution of Cells, explore the history of cells and the ways science is making use of internal cell mechanisms for new discoveries in sustainable energy sources, cleaning up pollution, improving the food supply, and treating disease. A Cell is the smallest unit of life that can be classified as a living thing, but its role in biology is huge. Cells: The Building Blocks of Life explores cells in a variety of ways-how they work, how they affect body functions and health, and how they can be used by scientists to advance medical techniques. The titles in this set present topics central to the study of life science in an easy-to-understand style with thought-provoking insight and full-color images. Book jacket.

From the creator of the national bestseller It''s a Book comes this Caldecott Honor Book, a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn''t always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green''s great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it''s a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come. This title has Common Core connections. Grandpa Green is a Publishers Weekly Best Children''s Picture Books title for 2011. One of School Library Journal''s Best Picture Books of 2011.

Can it Text? Blog? Scroll? Wi-Fi? Tweet? No. It''s a book. Monkey is reading a book, but his friend wants to know what the book can do. Does it have a mouse like his computer? Can you make the characters fight? And does it make loud noises? No. It''s a book. Monkey''s friend discovers that a good book doesn''t need any fancy accessories! Two readers compare a print to digital media, and learn books are still valuable.

«- Qu''est-ce que c''est que ça ?- C''est un livre.- Comment on fait défiler le texte ?- On ne peut pas. Il faut tourner les pages. C''est un livre.- On peut s''en servir pour chatter ?- Non, c''est un livre.- Ca envoie des textos ? Ca va sur Twitter ? Ca marche en wi-fi ?- Non... C''est un livre.»Cet album, c''est tout simplement... la revanche du livre !

A donkey with a laptop computer and a gorilla with a printed book discuss the merits of their preferred formats.