Rock Stars of Reading Part 3: Lane Smith

Author/Illustrator Lane Smith (on JOMB) walks us through his thought process and style decisions for two books he's working on that will be published in 2009 -- Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) with Florence Parry Heide due out September 22, 2009; and The Big Elephant in the Room due out July 7, 2009. He also demonstrates how he takes original sketches, imports them into Photoshop and turns them into digital, production-ready artwork.

You can watch this video series on our Just One More Book! Children's Book Podcast.


MUSIC

• Theme: Woolly Mammoth by Robert Farrell (from Sun House Fury, part 1)
• Subtle Groove by Ehren Starks (from Depths of a Year, available on Magnatune)

Bloggers and podcasters take note of the interview segment with Lane during the end credits!