Another example of meta-fiction is It's a Book (Roaring Book Press, 2010) by Lane Smith. A cute picture book that I consider more appropriate for adults than children, It's a Book has a little fun with the new techie versions of books that are now available. A monkey and a donkey (jackass) are both reading books while donkey's is electronic and the monkey's is a real paper book. Poor donkey doesn't understand the concept of a book and keeps asking monkey to explain. I liked the book trailer over the actual book. I'm not quite sure why Mr. Smith had to put the jackass word in it at the end, I suppose for shock value. This one would be difficult for me to read-aloud to a class though I would make it available to all ages.
Book Trailer:
http://youtu.be/WhUNyzYzBX0
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