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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · July 22, 2025
Recess
By Lane Smith
Need a break from school? Discover the magic of spontaneous recess anywhere!
40 pages
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Children's book Author & Illustrator
Lane Smith
Biography
Lane Smith is the award-winning author of Grandpa Green, It’s a Book, There Is a Tribe of Kids, and his most recent, A Perfect Day, among others. In 2012, the Eric Carle Museum named him a Carle Artist for “lifelong innovation in the …
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15
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