Tuesday

Tuesday - David Wiesner (also illustrated)
Caldecott Award Winner
Clarion Books
ISBN: 0-395-55113-7

My rating; 4.5 out of 5

“Tuesday” is the story of frogs who are sitting on their lily pads one Tuesday night when, all of a sudden, they begin to fly. For the most part, no text appears at all in this book, which seems to be a common theme in most of his books.

The illustrations are incredible. They are realistic paintings that really capture what he is trying to say. Because they are done so well, text is really not even necessary to describe what is going on. The reader can take on look and know exactly what is going on. I was very impressed with how he can paint a picture, make it look like nighttime, and you can still tell everything that is going on.

“Tuesday” is a great book by Wiesner and it is pretty apparent why he received the Caldecott Award for this one.